*️⃣Asterisk button emoji

*️⃣ Keycap: *

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*️⃣ Emoji meaning

Placeholder, censorship, footnote, special feature, and distinction.

Table of Contents

  1.  Meaning
  2.  Confused With
  3.  Emoji History
  4.  Similar Emojis
  5.  Platforms
  6.  Emoji Details

*️⃣ Meaning

I want to note something! The asterisk indicates additional information or comments in a text. Serves as part of the USSD code for switching on a function, e.g. the activation of the mailbox.

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Commonly confused with

Keycap Sequence

Keycap: *
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Keycap: #

Keycap hash vs keycap asterisk; both special symbols used together on phone keypads.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Keycap: *” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 2.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- keycap: *

In the release of Emoji 15.1 and Unicode 15.1 in 2023 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ keycap: *

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ keycap

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