Star And Crescent
Part of Stars & Dingbats
Star And Crescent has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ☪
- Unicode
- U+262A
About this symbol
The star and crescent is widely seen as a symbol of Islam, a link that grew in the time of the Ottoman Empire, which flew it on its flag. It appears today on the flags of Turkey, Pakistan, Algeria, Tunisia and other countries.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- STAR AND CRESCENT
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Miscellaneous Symbols
- Unicode group
- Religious and political symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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