The eight-pointed star is your dramatic “ta‑da!” moment in emoji form—bigger and bolder than ✨ sparkles, like a stage light saying, behold, important content. It gives instant headline energy, so people drop it around announcements, product drops, or that one selfie where the highlighter really did its job. It’s also great for ironic emphasis—wrap a painfully average statement in stars and suddenly you’re doing meme sarcasm: eight-pointed “Wow, amazing.” vibes. Think glam, magic, and a little bit of comic‑book “shing!” sound effect.
On Apple/iOS, it appears as a warm orange-to-gold starburst with eight sharp spikes—four longer points aiming north/south/east/west and four shorter ones in between—clean edges, glossy gradient, straight-on view, no face, no outline fuss. The look screams sunburst sticker or retro ad flash, which is why it’s used to draw the eye in captions, thumbnails, and “NEW!” badges. It shows up in witchy/astrology aesthetics, jewelry pics to imply sparkle, and thirst-trappy posts as a cheeky flashbulb. It also doubles as a classy bullet or divider when you want your text to feel a little editorial.
Culturally, an eight-point star can nod to compass-rose direction or cosmic symbolism, so it reads as mystical without being too woo-woo. Online, it’s flirty when placed at the ends of a compliment, dramatic when bookending a hot take, and perfectly awkward when used to make mundane tasks feel epic—like “folding laundry” but make it cinematic.
Definition
It's not black and it doesn't have 8 points but who am I to judge. This is a star with four points on an orange background and we love it this way. iEmoji old name: Orange Star Icon.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1031 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:eight_pointed_black_star:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Eight Pointed Black Star
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Dingbats
Unicode Range
2700–27BF
Unicode Subcategory
Stars, Asterisks and Snowflakes
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Stars, Asterisks and Snowflakes
Names & Annotations
EIGHT POINTED BLACK STAR Temporary Notes: Yellow glitter, spark
