Emoji 2
keycap: *
Also known as keycap
The keycap: * emoji shows an asterisk on a square keycap, representing the star key found on telephone keypads.
Meaning
The keycap: * emoji depicts the asterisk, or star, key as it appears on telephone and numeric keypads. People use it when referring to keypad input, phone menus, or dial codes, and sometimes decoratively to mark or emphasize text. It belongs to the keycap emoji set alongside the digits 0-9 and the number sign.
Unicode name
The Unicode sequence U+002A U+FE0F U+20E3 represents the asterisk key of a keypad, rendered as the asterisk symbol enclosed in a keycap.
Platform designs
Apple
In Apple design, the emoji appears as a white asterisk centered on a light blue-gray rounded square keycap.
Google
In Google Noto design, the emoji appears as a white asterisk on a blue-gray rounded square keycap.
Twitter
In Twitter Twemoji design, the emoji appears as a white asterisk on a dark blue rounded square keycap.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which category does *️⃣ keycap: * belong to?
*️⃣ keycap: * belongs to the symbols category, which contains 224 emojis.
Which Unicode version added *️⃣ keycap: *?
*️⃣ keycap: * was added in Emoji 2. Its codepoint is U+002A-FE0F-20E3, made up of 3 code points.
