Glowing star Emoji

Travel

A yellow star with four points, surrounded by a subtle, multi-colored halo of light and smaller sparkles. It appears to be radiating energy or shining brightly against a dark background.

Usage Context

Widely used to express excitement, high praise, or to indicate that something is excellent or 'top-tier.' It frequently serves as a visual indicator for premium content or a reward, similar to the ⭐ star emoji, but with more emphasis on excitement and flair.

History

Part of the original Japanese emoji sets provided by telecom carriers like SoftBank and Docomo, this icon was designed to add visual emphasis to text messages long before they were standardized in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. It draws inspiration from traditional cartoon motifs where a starburst or twinkle denotes a job well done or a magical transformation.

Details

Glyph

🌟

Unicode

U+1F31F

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f31f:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF1F;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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