# * U+002A ASTERISK

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

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `*` |
| Codepoint | U+002A |
| Name | ASTERISK |
| Also known as | star |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `*` `*` |
| CSS | `\2A` |
| JavaScript | `\u002A` |
| UTF-8 | 2A |
| UTF-16 | 002A |

## Notes

- can have five or six spokes

## Related characters

- ) [U+0029 RIGHT PARENTHESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/0029)
- + [U+002B PLUS SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/002B)
- ( [U+0028 LEFT PARENTHESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/0028)
- , [U+002C COMMA](https://unicodekit.com/char/002C)
- ' [U+0027 APOSTROPHE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0027)
- - [U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS](https://unicodekit.com/char/002D)
- & [U+0026 AMPERSAND](https://unicodekit.com/char/0026)
- . [U+002E FULL STOP](https://unicodekit.com/char/002E)
- % [U+0025 PERCENT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0025)
- / [U+002F SOLIDUS](https://unicodekit.com/char/002F)
- $ [U+0024 DOLLAR SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0024)
- 0 [U+0030 DIGIT ZERO](https://unicodekit.com/char/0030)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/002A · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/002A