The Black Pentagon (⭔) is a Unicode star symbol in the Outlined Stars family. A heavy circle that's part of the geometric block — included here because it commonly appears in star-glyph picker tools as the 'circle-around-star' partner. Use as a placeholder ring before overlaying ★.
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 Black Pentagon 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 Black Pentagon symbol mean?
Black Pentagon is a Unicode star character at codepoint U+2B54 in the Outlined Stars family. A heavy circle that's part of the geometric block — included here because it commonly appears in star-glyph picker tools as the 'circle-around-star' partner. Use as a placeholder ring before overlaying ★.
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+2B54.
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 Black Pentagon the same as the ⭐ emoji?
Not exactly. ⭐ (U+2B50) is an emoji that renders as a colored yellow/gold star on most platforms. Black Pentagon (⭔) is a text-style glyph rendered in the surrounding text colour, not as an emoji.