U+002A ASTERISK

Asterisk or star symbol, used for footnotes, multiplication in code, wildcard searches, and emphasis in markdown.

Codepoint: U+002A
Name: ASTERISK
Block: Basic Latin
Script: Common
Category: Other Punctuation (Po)
Unicode version: 1.1
Plane: BMP
HTML: * *
CSS: \2A
UTF-8: 2A
UTF-16: 002A
UTF-32: 0000002A
Also known as: star

Related characters

U+0029RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+002BPLUS SIGN
U+0028LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+002CCOMMA
U+0027APOSTROPHE
U+002DHYPHEN-MINUS
U+0026AMPERSAND
U+002EFULL STOP
U+0025PERCENT SIGN
U+002FSOLIDUS
U+0024DOLLAR SIGN
U+0030DIGIT ZERO

Basic Latin

128 characters in the Basic Latin Unicode block.

U+0000NULL
U+0001START OF HEADING
U+0002START OF TEXT
U+0003END OF TEXT
U+0004END OF TRANSMISSION
U+0005ENQUIRY
U+0006ACKNOWLEDGE
U+0007ALERT
U+0008BACKSPACE
U+0009CHARACTER TABULATION
U+000AEND OF LINE
U+000BLINE TABULATION
U+000CFORM FEED
U+000DCARRIAGE RETURN
U+000ELOCKING-SHIFT ONE
U+000FLOCKING-SHIFT ZERO
U+0010DATA LINK ESCAPE
U+0011DEVICE CONTROL ONE
U+0012DEVICE CONTROL TWO
U+0013DEVICE CONTROL THREE
U+0014DEVICE CONTROL FOUR
U+0015NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE
U+0016SYNCHRONOUS IDLE
U+0017END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK
U+0018CANCEL
U+0019END OF MEDIUM
U+001ASUBSTITUTE
U+001BESCAPE
U+001CFILE SEPARATOR
U+001DGROUP SEPARATOR
U+001EINFORMATION SEPARATOR TWO
U+001FINFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE
U+0020SPACE
U+0021EXCLAMATION MARK
U+0022QUOTATION MARK
U+0023NUMBER SIGN
U+0024DOLLAR SIGN
U+0025PERCENT SIGN
U+0026AMPERSAND
U+0027APOSTROPHE
U+0028LEFT PARENTHESIS
U+0029RIGHT PARENTHESIS
U+002AASTERISK
U+002BPLUS SIGN
U+002CCOMMA
U+002DHYPHEN-MINUS
U+002EFULL STOP
U+002FSOLIDUS
U+0030DIGIT ZERO
U+0031DIGIT ONE
U+0032DIGIT TWO
U+0033DIGIT THREE
U+0034DIGIT FOUR
U+0035DIGIT FIVE
U+0036DIGIT SIX
U+0037DIGIT SEVEN
U+0038DIGIT EIGHT
U+0039DIGIT NINE
U+003ACOLON
U+003BSEMICOLON
U+003CLESS-THAN SIGN
U+003DEQUALS SIGN
U+003EGREATER-THAN SIGN
U+003FQUESTION MARK
U+0040COMMERCIAL AT
U+0041LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
U+0042LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B
U+0043LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C
U+0044LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
U+0045LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E
U+0046LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
U+0047LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
U+0048LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
U+0049LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
U+004ALATIN CAPITAL LETTER J
U+004BLATIN CAPITAL LETTER K
U+004CLATIN CAPITAL LETTER L
U+004DLATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
U+004ELATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
U+004FLATIN CAPITAL LETTER O
U+0050LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P
U+0051LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
U+0052LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
U+0053LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S
U+0054LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T
U+0055LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U
U+0056LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
U+0057LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
U+0058LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X
U+0059LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y
U+005ALATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
U+005BLEFT SQUARE BRACKET
U+005CREVERSE SOLIDUS
U+005DRIGHT SQUARE BRACKET
U+005ECIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
U+005FLOW LINE
U+0060GRAVE ACCENT
U+0061LATIN SMALL LETTER A
U+0062LATIN SMALL LETTER B
U+0063LATIN SMALL LETTER C
U+0064LATIN SMALL LETTER D
U+0065LATIN SMALL LETTER E
U+0066LATIN SMALL LETTER F
U+0067LATIN SMALL LETTER G
U+0068LATIN SMALL LETTER H
U+0069LATIN SMALL LETTER I
U+006ALATIN SMALL LETTER J
U+006BLATIN SMALL LETTER K
U+006CLATIN SMALL LETTER L
U+006DLATIN SMALL LETTER M
U+006ELATIN SMALL LETTER N
U+006FLATIN SMALL LETTER O
U+0070LATIN SMALL LETTER P
U+0071LATIN SMALL LETTER Q
U+0072LATIN SMALL LETTER R
U+0073LATIN SMALL LETTER S
U+0074LATIN SMALL LETTER T
U+0075LATIN SMALL LETTER U
U+0076LATIN SMALL LETTER V
U+0077LATIN SMALL LETTER W
U+0078LATIN SMALL LETTER X
U+0079LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
U+007ALATIN SMALL LETTER Z
U+007BLEFT CURLY BRACKET
U+007CVERTICAL LINE
U+007DRIGHT CURLY BRACKET
U+007ETILDE
U+007FDELETE