Shooting Star 🌠
🌠 (U+1F320) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Shooting Star is part of the Symbols family (block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: SHOOTING STAR depicts the shooting star. Use it to express wonder, good luck, or a moment of brightness in messages and interfaces. It can signal a new feature, achievement, or a favorite item in a UI. In chats, it adds a playful touch to compliments, hopes, or celebratory notes. For ratings or highlighting top picks, it serves as a quick visual cue. Across platforms, the look may change in color or style, so keep intent clear and avoid ambiguity in formal content. If a platform lacks color emoji support, a monochrome or text style fallback may appear. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning so assistive tech can interpret it. End users should surface intent with concise context when using it to mark favorites or milestones.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F320 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F320 - General Category:
So - Age:
6.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 8C A0 - UTF-16:
D83C DF20 - UTF-32:
0001F320 - HTML dec:
🌠 - HTML hex:
🌠 - JS escape:
\u{1F320} - Python \N{}:
\N{SHOOTING STAR} - Python \U:
\U0001F320 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%8C%A0 - CSS escape:
\1F320
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F320 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🌠 (hex) or 🌠 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.