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The asterisk (/ ˈ æ s t ər ɪ s k / *), from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος, asteriskos, "little star", [1] [2] is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star.
A dagger, obelisk, or obelus † is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. [1] The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species or languages). [2]
asterisk operator ∗: U+2217 star equals ≛: U+225B star operator ⋆: U+22C6 APL functional symbol circle star ⍟ U+235F APL functional symbol star diaeresis ⍣ U+2363 black star ★ U+2605 white star ☆ U+2606 star and crescent: ☪: U+262A outlined white star ⚝ U+269D pentagram ⛤ U+26E4 right-handed interlaced pentagram ⛥ U+26E5
In SGML, HTML and XML documents, the logical constructs known as character data and attribute values consist of sequences of characters, in which each character can manifest directly (representing itself), or can be represented by a series of characters called a character reference, of which there are two types: a numeric character reference and a character entity reference.
Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters.
A dinkus is a typographical device to divide text, such as at section breaks. Its purpose is to "indicate minor breaks in text", [7] to call attention to a passage, or to separate sub-chapters in a book. An asterism used this way is thus a type of dinkus: nowadays this usage of the symbol is nearly obsolete. [2]
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Figure 1. Special-character links above edit window: Symbol group. Groups for the special-character links below the edit window are displayed one at a time; the default group is Insert, which includes punctuation and some other common symbols (see Figure 2 below), but another group may be shown if you have previously selected it. Click the down ...