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56 shooting star characters and trails. A character and its name both copy the character. A code copies the code.
Character	Name	Code point	Alt code	Option keys	HTML	LaTeX
	U+1F320. The only character Unicode names shooting star. It has the Emoji presentation property and no text style sequence, so it draws in colour. No HTML name: write 🌠. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
	U+2604. The nearest plain text character, but Unicode names it comet. It is the astronomical symbol for comets, a small disc with three hairlike extensions. It lacks the Emoji presentation property, so its default drawing is the text one. No HTML name: write ☄. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+2604 U+FE0F. ☄ followed by U+FE0F, which asks for the emoji drawing. This pair is what the emoji list calls comet.
	Made of U+2606 and U+5F61. White star and the CJK ideograph 彡, Kangxi radical 59, which is three slanted strokes. An informal Japanese symbol that depicts a shooting star, with 🌠 as its synonym.
	Made of U+2605 and U+5F61. Black star and the CJK ideograph 彡, Kangxi radical 59, which is three slanted strokes. The filled version of ☆彡.
	Made of U+5F61 and U+2606. The same two characters as ☆彡 the other way round, so the trail sits on the left of the star.
	Made of U+2606 and U+30DF. White star and katakana letter mi, three short strokes. This site's own string, built on the pattern of ☆彡 with a shorter tail.
	Made of U+2501 and U+2606. Two box drawings heavy horizontal and a white star. Box drawing strokes are made to join, so the two read as one line.
	Made of U+22C6, U+207A and U+208A. Star operator, superscript plus sign, subscript plus sign and star operator. The plus signs sit high and low, so the line reads as scattered dust.
	Made of U+1F320 and U+2728. Two emoji, both with the Emoji presentation property, so neither needs a style selector.
	U+2604 U+FE0E. ☄ followed by U+FE0E, which asks for the plain, one-colour drawing. An app is free to ignore the request.
	U+1FA8B. A meteor is known colloquially as a shooting star. New in version 18.0 (2026), and the emoji list files it right after comet.
	Made of U+2727 and U+5F61. White four pointed star and the CJK ideograph 彡, Kangxi radical 59, which is three slanted strokes.
	Made of U+2726 and U+5F61. Black four pointed star and the CJK ideograph 彡, Kangxi radical 59, which is three slanted strokes.
	Made of U+5F61 and U+2605. The same two characters as ★彡 the other way round, so the trail sits on the left of the star.
	Made of U+2605 and U+30DF. Black star and katakana letter mi, three short strokes.
	Made of U+30DF and U+2606. Katakana letter mi and white star, with the strokes on the left.
	Made of U+30DF and U+2605. Katakana letter mi and black star, with the strokes on the left.
	Made of U+2606 and U+FF90. White star and halfwidth katakana letter mi, the narrow form of ミ.
	Made of U+02DA, U+208A, U+2606 and U+5F61. Ring above, subscript plus sign, white star and the CJK ideograph 彡, Kangxi radical 59, which is three slanted strokes.
	Made of U+2606 and U+5F61. ☆彡 twice, for a pair of shooting stars in one copy.
	Made of U+2501 and U+2605. Two box drawings heavy horizontal and a black star.
	Made of U+2606 and U+2501. A white star and two box drawings heavy horizontal, with the tail on the right.
	Made of U+2261 and U+2606. Identical to, a maths sign of three bars, and a white star. The three bars read as speed lines.
	U+2606. The star of ☆彡. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+2605. The star of ★彡. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+2727. Unicode files it under Stars and asterisks, in the Dingbats block. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+2726. The filled four pointed star. Unicode cross-references two newer four pointed shapes from it, and one of them is in the last group. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+22C6. A maths operator, usually drawn smaller than ★. Unicode cross-references black star and white medium star from it. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+30DF. A Japanese letter of three short strokes. The trails here use it as a short tail. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+FF90. The narrow form of ミ: Unicode maps it to U+30DF for compatibility. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+2F3A. Unicode's note: Kangxi Radical 59. It maps to U+5F61 for compatibility, and U+5F61 is the character the trails here use. Fonts draw the two alike, so this one is a look-alike. Added in version 3.0 (1999).
	U+207A. A plus sign that sits high on the line. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+208A. A plus sign that sits low on the line. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+02DA. A small ring that sits high on the line. Unicode cross-references the degree sign from it. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+2501. A heavy stroke. Box drawing strokes are made to join, so two in a row read as one line. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	U+2261. A maths sign of three bars. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
	Made of U+1F320 and U+1F30C. Two emoji that sit next to each other in the emoji list's sky and weather group.
	Made of U+2604, U+FE0F and U+2728. The comet with U+FE0F, which asks for the emoji drawing, then sparkles.
	Made of U+1F319 and U+1F320. Two emoji Unicode files under one heading, Moon, sun, and star symbols.
	U+2728. Unicode files it under Stars and asterisks. It has the Emoji presentation property. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
	U+1F31F. The code point just before the shooting star. Unicode cross-references white star from it. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
	U+2B50. The emoji list calls it star. It has the Emoji presentation property. Added in version 5.1 (2008).
	U+1F4AB. Unicode's aliases: circling stars, squeans. Unicode files it under Comic style symbols, so it is a sign for dizziness. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
	U+1F30C. The entry right after the shooting star in the emoji list. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
	U+1F303. Unicode files it under Weather, landscape, and sky symbols. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
	U+1F319. Unicode's note: may indicate either the first or last quarter moon. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
	U+1FA90. In the emoji list it comes just before star, glowing star and shooting star. Added in version 12.0 (2019).
	U+1F52D. Unicode files it under Tool symbols. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
	U+1F387. A look-alike. Unicode's note: long, stick-like firework that looks like a burning incense stick. The emoji list calls it sparkler. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
	Made of U+6D41, U+308C and U+661F. It means meteor, shooting star or falling star, and is built from nagare, flowing, and hoshi, star.
	Made of U+6D41 and U+661F. It means meteor and shooting star in both languages. In Japanese it is read ryūsei.
	Made of U+BCC4 and U+B625. It means shooting star and meteor, and is built from a word for meteor and the word for star.
	Made of U+5F57 and U+661F. It means comet in both languages. It is here so the word for ☄ sits beside the words for 🌠.
	U+1F7C9. Unicode cross-references it from black star. Added in Unicode 7.0 (2014).
	U+1F7C6. Unicode cross-references it from black four pointed star. Added in Unicode 7.0 (2014).

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How it works

The shooting star symbol is 🌠, Shooting star, U+1F320, which always draws in colour. Row two is ☄, the plain text comet, and row four is ☆彡, a star trail made of two ordinary characters. All 56 rows show their code points.

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Emoji, comet or text trail

🌠 draws in colour: it has the Emoji presentation property, and Unicode defines no text style for it. For a plain sign, copy ☄, which Unicode names Comet, or a trail such as ☆彡 or ━━☆, which is ordinary text and not emoji. 🌠 has no HTML name: write 🌠.

Tips

彡☆ puts the trail on the left and ☆彡 on the right. Pick the side the star came from.
Every character the trails use has a row of its own under Stars and strokes to build your own, except 彡, which is U+5F61.

Questions and answers

How do I type the shooting star symbol on a keyboard?

🌠 has no Alt code and no key on the U.S. layout. On a Mac, press Fn or Globe with E and search the viewer that opens. In Word, the comet ☄ is 2604, then Alt and X. Anywhere else, copy it from this page.

Is there a shooting star symbol that is not an emoji?

Unicode has no plain text shooting star. The nearest single character is ☄, Comet, U+2604, whose default drawing is the text one. The other way is a trail of ordinary characters: ☆彡 is an informal Japanese symbol for a shooting star.

What is ☆彡 made of?

A white star, U+2606, and 彡, U+5F61, a Chinese character of three slanted strokes: Kangxi radical 59, bristle. The strokes stand in for the trail. ⼺, U+2F3A, Kangxi radical bristle, looks the same but is a separate code point.

Is ☄ a shooting star or a comet?

Unicode names ☄ Comet, and it is the astronomical symbol for comets, a small disc with three hairlike extensions. A shooting star is a meteor, the glowing streak of a small body passing through the atmosphere. Unicode 18.0 adds a separate emoji, 🪋, Meteor.

Why does 🪋 show as an empty box?

🪋, Meteor, U+1FA8B, is new in Unicode 18.0 (2026), so a device draws it only after an update that adds it. It sits in the last group, May be an empty box, with two newer star shapes. The copied character is still correct.

All 56 shooting star characters and trails

Start here 10

Black star with a trail Made of U+2605 and U+5F61. Black star and the CJK ideograph 彡, Kangxi radical 59, which is three slanted strokes. The filled version of ☆彡.
Comet U+2604. The nearest plain text character, but Unicode names it comet. It is the astronomical symbol for comets, a small disc with three hairlike extensions. It lacks the Emoji presentation property, so its default drawing is the text one. No HTML name: write ☄. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
Comet, emoji style U+2604 U+FE0F. ☄ followed by U+FE0F, which asks for the emoji drawing. This pair is what the emoji list calls comet.
Long tail, then a white star Made of U+2501 and U+2606. Two box drawings heavy horizontal and a white star. Box drawing strokes are made to join, so the two read as one line.
Shooting star U+1F320. The only character Unicode names shooting star. It has the Emoji presentation property and no text style sequence, so it draws in colour. No HTML name: write 🌠. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
Shooting star and sparkles Made of U+1F320 and U+2728. Two emoji, both with the Emoji presentation property, so neither needs a style selector.

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Start here, continued

Star dust in four characters Made of U+22C6, U+207A and U+208A. Star operator, superscript plus sign, subscript plus sign and star operator. The plus signs sit high and low, so the line reads as scattered dust.
Trail first, then a white star Made of U+5F61 and U+2606. The same two characters as ☆彡 the other way round, so the trail sits on the left of the star.
White star with a katakana trail Made of U+2606 and U+30DF. White star and katakana letter mi, three short strokes. This site's own string, built on the pattern of ☆彡 with a shorter tail.
White star with a trail Made of U+2606 and U+5F61. White star and the CJK ideograph 彡, Kangxi radical 59, which is three slanted strokes. An informal Japanese symbol that depicts a shooting star, with 🌠 as its synonym.

Shooting star, comet and meteor 2

Comet, text style U+2604 U+FE0E. ☄ followed by U+FE0E, which asks for the plain, one-colour drawing. An app is free to ignore the request.
Meteor U+1FA8B. A meteor is known colloquially as a shooting star. New in version 18.0 (2026), and the emoji list files it right after comet.

Star trails made of characters 12

Black four pointed star with a trail Made of U+2726 and U+5F61. Black four pointed star and the CJK ideograph 彡, Kangxi radical 59, which is three slanted strokes.
Black star with a katakana trail Made of U+2605 and U+30DF. Black star and katakana letter mi, three short strokes.
Dust, then a white star with a trail Made of U+02DA, U+208A, U+2606 and U+5F61. Ring above, subscript plus sign, white star and the CJK ideograph 彡, Kangxi radical 59, which is three slanted strokes.
Katakana trail, then a black star Made of U+30DF and U+2605. Katakana letter mi and black star, with the strokes on the left.
Katakana trail, then a white star Made of U+30DF and U+2606. Katakana letter mi and white star, with the strokes on the left.
Long tail, then a black star Made of U+2501 and U+2605. Two box drawings heavy horizontal and a black star.
Speed lines, then a white star Made of U+2261 and U+2606. Identical to, a maths sign of three bars, and a white star. The three bars read as speed lines.
Trail first, then a black star Made of U+5F61 and U+2605. The same two characters as ★彡 the other way round, so the trail sits on the left of the star.
Two white stars with trails Made of U+2606 and U+5F61. ☆彡 twice, for a pair of shooting stars in one copy.
White four pointed star with a trail Made of U+2727 and U+5F61. White four pointed star and the CJK ideograph 彡, Kangxi radical 59, which is three slanted strokes.
White star with a narrow trail Made of U+2606 and U+FF90. White star and halfwidth katakana letter mi, the narrow form of ミ.
White star, then a long tail Made of U+2606 and U+2501. A white star and two box drawings heavy horizontal, with the tail on the right.

Stars and strokes to build your own 15

Black four pointed star U+2726. The filled four pointed star. Unicode cross-references two newer four pointed shapes from it, and one of them is in the last group. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
Black star U+2605. The star of ★彡. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
Box drawings heavy horizontal U+2501. A heavy stroke. Box drawing strokes are made to join, so two in a row read as one line. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
Four pointed black star U+1F7C6. Unicode cross-references it from black four pointed star. Added in Unicode 7.0 (2014).
Halfwidth katakana letter mi U+FF90. The narrow form of ミ: Unicode maps it to U+30DF for compatibility. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
Identical to U+2261. A maths sign of three bars. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
Kangxi radical bristle U+2F3A. Unicode's note: Kangxi Radical 59. It maps to U+5F61 for compatibility, and U+5F61 is the character the trails here use. Fonts draw the two alike, so this one is a look-alike. Added in version 3.0 (1999).
Katakana letter mi U+30DF. A Japanese letter of three short strokes. The trails here use it as a short tail. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
Light five pointed black star U+1F7C9. Unicode cross-references it from black star. Added in Unicode 7.0 (2014).
Ring above U+02DA. A small ring that sits high on the line. Unicode cross-references the degree sign from it. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
Star operator U+22C6. A maths operator, usually drawn smaller than ★. Unicode cross-references black star and white medium star from it. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
Subscript plus sign U+208A. A plus sign that sits low on the line. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
Superscript plus sign U+207A. A plus sign that sits high on the line. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
White four pointed star U+2727. Unicode files it under Stars and asterisks, in the Dingbats block. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).
White star U+2606. The star of ☆彡. In Unicode since version 1.1 (1993).

Emoji pairs 3

Comet and sparkles Made of U+2604, U+FE0F and U+2728. The comet with U+FE0F, which asks for the emoji drawing, then sparkles.
Crescent moon and shooting star Made of U+1F319 and U+1F320. Two emoji Unicode files under one heading, Moon, sun, and star symbols.
Shooting star and milky way Made of U+1F320 and U+1F30C. Two emoji that sit next to each other in the emoji list's sky and weather group.

Night sky emoji to set beside it 10

Crescent moon U+1F319. Unicode's note: may indicate either the first or last quarter moon. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
Dizzy symbol U+1F4AB. Unicode's aliases: circling stars, squeans. Unicode files it under Comic style symbols, so it is a sign for dizziness. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
Firework sparkler U+1F387. A look-alike. Unicode's note: long, stick-like firework that looks like a burning incense stick. The emoji list calls it sparkler. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
Glowing star U+1F31F. The code point just before the shooting star. Unicode cross-references white star from it. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
Milky way U+1F30C. The entry right after the shooting star in the emoji list. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
Night with stars U+1F303. Unicode files it under Weather, landscape, and sky symbols. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
Ringed planet U+1FA90. In the emoji list it comes just before star, glowing star and shooting star. Added in version 12.0 (2019).
Sparkles U+2728. Unicode files it under Stars and asterisks. It has the Emoji presentation property. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
Telescope U+1F52D. Unicode files it under Tool symbols. Added in version 6.0 (2010).
White medium star U+2B50. The emoji list calls it star. It has the Emoji presentation property. Added in version 5.1 (2008).

Shooting star as a word 4

Comet in Chinese and Japanese Made of U+5F57 and U+661F. It means comet in both languages. It is here so the word for ☄ sits beside the words for 🌠.
Shooting star in Chinese and Japanese Made of U+6D41 and U+661F. It means meteor and shooting star in both languages. In Japanese it is read ryūsei.
Shooting star in Japanese Made of U+6D41, U+308C and U+661F. It means meteor, shooting star or falling star, and is built from nagare, flowing, and hoshi, star.
Shooting star in Korean Made of U+BCC4 and U+B625. It means shooting star and meteor, and is built from a word for meteor and the word for star.

How this list was compiled: Names, and the code points they belong to, are checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt, checked 2026-09-19), and printed in sentence case. Notes that say Unicode's note, Unicode's alias, Unicode files it or cross-references quote the headings, aliases, notes and cross-references of NamesList.txt of the same version (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt); the version a character was added in is from DerivedAge.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt), block names are from Blocks.txt, the Emoji property and the text style and emoji style sequences are from https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-data.txt and emoji-variation-sequences.txt, emoji names are from https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt, and the years are from https://www.unicode.org/history/publicationdates.html. Alt codes are from the code page 437 table (https://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/PC/CP437.TXT), the PC graphics table for codes 1 to 31 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MISC/IBMGRAPH.TXT) and the code page 1252 table (https://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP1252.TXT). Option keys were read from a U.S. keyboard layout; other layouts differ. HTML entity names are from https://html.spec.whatwg.org/entities.json, the HTML 4 name first where there is one, else the shortest. LaTeX macros are listed only when LaTeX's own fontdef.dtx or ltoutenc.dtx (https://github.com/latex3/latex2e/tree/develop/base) or the amssymb and amsfonts sources (https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/amsfonts/source/) define them, matched to a code point through unicode-math-table.tex (https://github.com/latex3/unicode-math). The emoji list's names (shooting star, comet, meteor, star, sparkler) and its order in the group sky and weather are from emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); that U+1F320 has no text style sequence is from emoji-variation-sequences.txt, which has no line for it. That ☆彡 is an informal Japanese symbol depicting a shooting star, with 🌠 as its synonym: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E2%98%86%E5%BD%A1. A meteor is known colloquially as a shooting star: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor. U+2604 as the astronomical symbol for comets, a small disc with three hairlike extensions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet. Radical 59, bristle, three strokes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_59, with the mapping of U+2F3A to U+5F61 from UnicodeData.txt. The words: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B5%81%E3%82%8C%E6%98%9F, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B5%81%E6%98%9F, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%B3%84%EB%98%A5%EB%B3%84 and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BD%97%E6%98%9F. Notes on how a character is drawn describe one browser render on 2026-09-19; other fonts draw it differently. The last group holds characters that one ordinary computer had no font for on the day this list was checked; your device may differ. What is listed: the one character named shooting star, the comet with its text style and emoji style, the meteor, this site's own star trails of four characters or fewer (only ☆彡 is recorded by a dictionary; the others are built on its pattern and named by this site), every named character those trails use, emoji pairs, night sky emoji, four words, and two star shapes that may draw as empty boxes. Left out: trails with halfwidth dots (the dots drew as empty boxes when the list was checked), longer trails and star borders (the star and moon pages have them), and any text style of U+1F320, which Unicode does not define. The Start here group, the made rows, their names and the order are this site's own choice. All sources were checked on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work (facts from the Unicode Character Database, Unicode License v3, and from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in our own words; aliases and notes marked as Unicode's are quoted from NamesList.txt, Copyright © 1991-2026 Unicode, Inc., https://www.unicode.org/license.txt)