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For stars with Arabic names, see List Of Arabic Star Names .

  • ). The asterisk had existed in Feudal Times , and the original shape of the asterisk was six-pointed, each point like a teardrop coming from the center. However, some Typewriter s had difficulty printing the six arms distinctly. Furthermore, due to Arab-Israeli Tension , many Arabs would not buy typewriters with a six-armed symbol, which they identified with the Star Of David on the Israeli Flag . Hence many systems use a distinct symbol referred to as the "Arabic star". Persian Asterisk from PersianComputing forum


The Arabic star is given a distinct character in Unicode , U+066D, in the space reserved for the Arabic Alphabet . The official name is "Arabic five-pointed star." Unicode Arabic five-pointed star

In many modern fonts, however, the asterisk is five-pointed, and the Arabic star is sometimes six- or eight-pointed. The two symbols are compared below (the display depends on your browser's font).


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