U+002A
asterisco
Nombre Unicode: Asterisk
Acerca de
Asterisco, a single Unicode character. Part of the Component group, keycap base subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 2.0, released in 2015.
Representaciones por plataforma
Tipografía del sistema — ilustración sin licencia para redistribución
6 platforms shown using your device's own emoji font. Their artwork is proprietary and this site does not redistribute it.
Timeline
2012 — 2026Showing 56 of 56 events through 2026
- 2012First render
Segoe UI Emoji, proprietary.
- 2013Redesign
Segoe UI Emoji, proprietary.
- 2015Redesign
Segoe UI Emoji, proprietary.
- 2016First render
Release date from the published version index.
- 2016Redesign
Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Release date Windows 10 build 1607.
- 2016Redesign
Release date from the published version index.
- 2017First render
Release date from the EmojiOne/JoyPixels release history.
- 2017First render
Release date confirmed against vendor lifecycle data.
- 2017Redesign
Release date from the vendor release index.
- 2018Redesign
Release date confirmed against vendor lifecycle data.
- 2018Redesign
Release date from the EmojiOne/JoyPixels release history.
- 2019Redesign
Release date from the EmojiOne/JoyPixels release history.
- 2019Redesign
Release date from the published version index.
- 2019Redesign
Release date from the dated releases published by the project itself.
- 2019Redesign
Release date from the published version index.
- 2019Redesign
Release date confirmed against vendor lifecycle data.
- 2020Redesign
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- 2020Redesign
Release date from the vendor release index.
- 2020Redesign
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- 2020Redesign
Google Android 10.0 March 2020 Feature Drop
Release date stated in the version label.
- 2020Redesign
Release date from the dated releases published by the project itself.
- 2020Redesign
Release date from the published version index.
- 2020Redesign
Release date confirmed against vendor lifecycle data.
- 2020Redesign
Google Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop
Release date from the published version index.
- 2021First render
Release date from the artwork bank version table.
- 2021Redesign
Release date from the vendor release index.
- 2021Redesign
Release date from the vendor release index.
- 2021Redesign
Release date from the published version index.
- 2021Redesign
Release date confirmed against vendor lifecycle data.
- 2021Redesign
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- 2022Redesign
Samsung One UI 4.0 January 2022
Release date stated in the version label.
- 2022First render
Release date from the artwork bank version table.
- 2022Redesign
Android 12L shipped March 2022; the index had it a release early.
- 2022Redesign
Release date from the artwork bank version table.
- 2022Redesign
Release date from the artwork bank version table.
- 2022Redesign
Release date from the published version index.
- 2022Redesign
Release date from the dated releases published by the project itself.
- 2022Redesign
Release date from the published version index.
- 2023Redesign
Release date from the artwork bank version table.
- 2023First render
Release date from the artwork bank version table.
- 2023Redesign
Release date from the dated releases published by the project itself.
- 2023Redesign
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- 2023Redesign
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- 2024Redesign
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- 2024Redesign
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- 2024Redesign
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- 2024Redesign
Release date from the published version index.
- 2024Redesign
Release date from the artwork bank version table.
- 2025Redesign
Release date from the published version index.
- 2025Redesign
Release date stated in the version label.
- 2025Redesign
Release date stated in the version label.
- 2025Redesign
Release date from the published version index.
- 2025Redesign
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- 2026Redesign
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- 2026First render
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- 2026Redesign
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Codificaciones
- UTF-8
2A- UTF-8 escapado
\x2A- UTF-16
002A- UTF-32
0000002A- HTML decimal
*- HTML hexadecimal
*- CSS
\00002A- JavaScript
\u{2A}- Sustituto JSPara destinos anteriores a ES2015
\u002A- Python
\u002A- Codificado para URL
*- Base64
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Frequently asked questions
- What does * mean?
- Asterisco, a single Unicode character. Part of the Component group, keycap base subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. It is commonly tagged asterisco and comodín.
- What is the Unicode code point for *?
- Asterisco is encoded as the single code point U+002A.
- When was * added to Unicode?
- * was approved as part of Emoji 2.0 and released in 1993, under Unicode 1.1.
- Why does * look different on my phone?
- Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point, so * changes depending on where you see it. This page compares 57 renderings, including Google, Samsung, Microsoft and JoyPixels.
- What is * called in other languages?
- Unicode's CLDR publishes a name for it in 9 other languages, including نجمة in árabe, Sternchen in alemán and asterisk in inglés.
- What category is * in?
- * belongs to Unicode's Component group, in the keycap base subgroup.