| Character | ✜ |
| Name | Heavy Open Centre Cross |
| Unicode Code Point | U+271C |
| Decimal Value | 10012 |
| Hex Value | 0x271C |
| Category | Dingbats |
| Windows Alt Code | Not available — use copy/paste |
| Word Alt+X Code | 271C + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | ✜ |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | ✜ / ✜ |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\271C"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{271C}" |
Heavy Open Centre Cross is a dingbat — a decorative or functional printer's ornament originally designed for print typesetting, now widely used in checklists, ratings, decorative bullet points, and casual digital writing.
Unicode block: Dingbats (U+2700–U+27BF). Dingbats originate from the classic Zapf Dingbats font (1978) by typeface designer Hermann Zapf, later standardized into Unicode — covering checkmarks, scissors, stars, and decorative bullets used in print typesetting.
At Unicode code point U+271C (decimal 10012), Heavy Open Centre Cross is the 29th of 192 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, like most characters outside the 0–255 legacy codepage range, it has no dedicated Alt-code or single-key shortcut on Windows or Mac, so copy-paste is the standard, universal method for typing it. Regardless of platform, clicking the copy button above places the exact character on your clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts Unicode text.
💡 Good to know: Star-shaped dingbats are frequently used for ratings — confirm whether your platform expects filled or outlined stars for "selected" versus "unselected" states.
No alt code available — click the copy button above and paste with Ctrl+V.
No dedicated shortcut — click the copy button above and paste with Cmd+V.
Click the symbol above to copy it, then paste anywhere — works on every device and OS.
Use the entity ✜ in your HTML.
Windows does not have an Alt code for Heavy Open Centre Cross. Copy ✜ from this page and paste it with Ctrl+V.
There is no dedicated Mac shortcut for Heavy Open Centre Cross. Copy ✜ from this page and paste it with Command+V.
Heavy Open Centre Cross (✜) is Unicode U+271C, decimal 10012.
Use the HTML entity ✜, or the numeric code ✜ (hex ✜).