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☪️ Star and Crescent
- Emoji
- ☪️
- Unicode
- U+262A
- Shortcode
- :star_and_crescent:
- HTML code
- ☪
- Approved in
- Unicode 7.0 (2014)
- Category
- Symbols
What does the ☪️ emoji mean?
The ☪️ emoji (star and crescent) is a symbol from the religious symbols group. It's used to point, organize or highlight information, and is associated with Muslim, crescent, islam and ramadan.
Keywords: Muslim, crescent, islam, ramadan, religion, star.
How ☪️ looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.
Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
How to type ☪️ on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “star and crescent” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “star and crescent”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “star and crescent”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “star and crescent”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :star_and_crescent: |
☪️ emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | star and crescent |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+262A |
| HTML decimal | ☪ |
| HTML hex | ☪ |
| CSS | \262A |
| JavaScript | \u{262A} |
| Shortcode | :star_and_crescent: |
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What does the ☪️ emoji mean?
The ☪️ emoji (star and crescent) is a symbol from the religious symbols group. It's used to point, organize or highlight information, and is associated with Muslim, crescent, islam and ramadan.
How do I copy and paste the star and crescent emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “star and crescent”.
When was the ☪️ emoji released?
It was approved in Unicode 7.0, in 2014. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.