The glowing star is the digital equivalent of a gold sticker from your favorite elementary-school teacher—except shinier, sassier, and ready for your camera roll. On Apple/iOS, it’s a glossy, front-facing five-point gold star with a soft halo and beveled edges, lit by a tiny four-point twinkle hugging the upper-right corner; think rich yellows fading to amber with a subtle 3D sheen. It’s distinct from ⭐ (plain star) and ✨ (sparkles): this one says “centerpiece,” not background glitter. Visually, people recognize that little side twinkle instantly—it’s the cinematic lens flare of emoji world.
Use it to award someone a “gold star,” celebrate wins, or give a post that main-character glow. It slides into texts as praise (“you nailed it”), as nostalgia (sticker-chart vibes), and as playful sarcasm—“wow, you logged in on time, want a glowing star?” It’s a go-to for glam captions, fan edits, and K-pop/TikTok fancams when you need that dramatic ‘you did amazing, sweetie’ energy. Flirtier takes hint at someone looking radiant or “glowing” after a glow-up, while meme lords deploy it for participation-trophy jokes and ironic congratulations. You’ll also see it in aesthetics posts, stargazing captions, Hollywood-walk-of-fame references, and anywhere a little “award-season sparkle” feels right.
Definition
A star with five points. The classic star shape that is not associated with a religion. Used to mark good behavior, an excellent performance or praise merchandise. Ranking systems often use stars to show popularity. A five or six star ranking systems are the most common. The more stars something receives, the better! People sometimes say, "well, pin a star on you", which means you did something good or took an extra step - beware, however, snarky people often use this saying in a sarcastic way when they want to appear unimpressed. A star with five points is easily hand drawn without lifting a pen or pencil from the paper.
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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.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
100 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:star2:
Keywords
Glow, Glowing, Star, Five, Points, Classic
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Moon, Sun, and Star Symbols
Editorial Comment
5 pointed star with mystical and magical essence. Perfection. Womp. Sparkles, yellow triangles (that's the glowing, pulsating part) were added to this star and without a doubt we have grown to love them. In iOS 5 this image was updated. The old star is now called "White Medium Star" and is still accessible today!
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Moon, Sun, and Star Symbols
Names & Annotations
GLOWING STAR Temporary Notes: Animated pulsating star in orange color
Symbol Information
U+1F31F proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B69
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[☆]
KDDI
#69 星２ U+E48B SJIS-F663 JIS-7544
Softbank
#50 #old323 輝く星 「輝ku星」 U+E335 SJIS-F9D5
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e335
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E335
Decimal Code Point(s)
58165
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x8C 0xB5
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 8C B5
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 214 265
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE335
UTF-16 Hex
e335
UTF-16 Dec
58165
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E335
UTF-32 Hex
E335
UTF-32 Dec
58165
Python Src
u"\uE335"
PHP Src
"\xee\x8c\xb5"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE335"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🌟
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🌟
Decimal HTML Entity
🌟
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🌟
Hex Code Point(s)
1f31f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F31F
Decimal Code Point(s)
127775
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x9F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8C 9F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 214 237
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF1F
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf1f
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57119
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F31F
UTF-32 Hex
01F31F
UTF-32 Dec
127775
Python Src
u"\U0001F31F"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8c\x9f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF1F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
