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☪️ Star and crescent
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☪️ Emoji meaning
We're flying to Turkey! An Islamic symbol often seen on flags.
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☪️ Meaning
We're going to Turkey by plane or “Ramadan is starting“. Hilal (Arabic for the rising moon's crescent) and the five-pointed star together form an important Muslim symbol. Also found on many national flags.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Place of worship vs star and crescent; both used in contexts about religion or faith generally.
Star and crescent vs mosque; both used for Islam or Muslim contexts.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Star and crescent” was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and added to Emoji 0.7 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ crescent + ramadan + star
Keywords removed
- star and crescent
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ star and crescent
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ islam + Muslim + religion
