asterisk

Summary

asterisk is an Unicode character^[1]. asterisk ranks in the top 2% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (889 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• asterisk's image is recorded as Noto Emoji v2.034 002a.svg^[3].
• asterisk's instance of is recorded as Unicode character^[4].
• asterisk's instance of is recorded as glyph^[5].
• asterisk's subclass of is recorded as sign^[6].
• asterisk's Commons category is recorded as Asterisks^[7].
• asterisk's Unicode character is recorded as *^[8].
• asterisk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g3sz^[9].
• asterisk's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0081482^[10].
• asterisk's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• asterisk's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• asterisk's described by source is recorded as Kościelna encyclopedia^[13].
• asterisk's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[14].
• asterisk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• asterisk's different from is recorded as star^[16].
• asterisk's homoglyph is recorded as ٭^[17].
• asterisk's homoglyph is recorded as ⁎^[18].
• asterisk's homoglyph is recorded as ∗^[19].
• asterisk's homoglyph is recorded as ⚹^[20].
• asterisk's homoglyph is recorded as ᕯ^[21].
• asterisk's MathWorld ID is recorded as Asterisk^[22].
• asterisk's Quora topic ID is recorded as Asterisk-telephony^[23].
• asterisk's Unicode code point is recorded as 002A^[24].
• asterisk's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as asterisk^[25].
• asterisk's HTML entity is recorded as *^[26].
• asterisk's HTML entity is recorded as *^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Unicode character^[4] and glyph^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for asterisk include Asterix^[28], a fictional human^[29], founded in 1959^[30].

Why It Matters

asterisk ranks in the top 2% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (889 views/month).^[2] asterisk has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] asterisk is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for asterisk include Asterix^[28], a fictional human^[29], founded in 1959^[30].