The Medium Five Spoked Asterisk (⭓) is a Unicode star symbol in the Outlined Stars family. Outlined right-pointing pentagon, often paired with ⭐ in geometric icon sets. Use as a directional 'play' style indicator that still reads as star-family.
Click the ⭓ above to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it into Instagram bios, TikTok captions, Twitter/X posts, Discord channels, Notion pages, Word documents, slide decks, or anywhere else you write text. Hollow, stroke-only stars including pentagrams and thin-line geometric forms.
Using Medium Five Spoked Asterisk in your bio, captions and docs
Social bios
Drop ⭓ into Instagram, TikTok, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, or YouTube bios to flag a section, mark a featured link, or just decorate. Single-character stars don't eat much of your bio length.
Rendering
Renders as a text glyph on every modern device. No emoji conversion unless explicitly forced via U+FE0F.
Rating widgets
Pair filled stars (★ ✪ ✬) with hollow ones (☆ ✩ ⭒) to build a static rating display. Same baseline, same width — pixel-perfect alignment for product reviews, scorecards, and rubrics.
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Frequently asked questions
What does the Medium Five Spoked Asterisk symbol mean?
Medium Five Spoked Asterisk is a Unicode star character at codepoint U+2B53 in the Outlined Stars family. Outlined right-pointing pentagon, often paired with ⭐ in geometric icon sets. Use as a directional 'play' style indicator that still reads as star-family.
How do I type ⭓ on a keyboard?
The easiest method is to click the ⭓ at the top of this page — it copies to your clipboard instantly. There's no dedicated key on most keyboards, but you can enter it via Unicode input methods using U+2B53.
Will ⭓ display correctly on Instagram and TikTok?
Yes — both Instagram and TikTok render this character natively in bios, captions, and comments on iOS, Android, and desktop web. The visual may vary slightly between system fonts but the meaning is universal.
Is Medium Five Spoked Asterisk the same as the ⭐ emoji?
Not exactly. ⭐ (U+2B50) is an emoji that renders as a colored yellow/gold star on most platforms. Medium Five Spoked Asterisk (⭓) is a text-style glyph rendered in the surrounding text colour, not as an emoji.