In
typography, a star is any of several
glyph
A glyph () is any kind of purposeful mark. In typography, a glyph is "the specific shape, design, or representation of a character". It is a particular graphical representation, in a particular typeface, of an element of written language. A g ...
s with a number of points arrayed within an imaginary circle.
Four points
Five points
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Mullet (heraldry)
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Pentagram
Six points
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Seal of Solomon
The Seal of Solomon or Ring of Solomon ( he, חותם שלמה, '; ar, خاتم سليمان, ') is the legendary signet ring attributed to the Israelite king Solomon in medieval mystical traditions, from which it developed in parallel within ...
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Hexagram
, can be seen as a compound composed of an upwards (blue here) and downwards (pink) facing equilateral triangle, with their intersection as a regular hexagon (in green).
A hexagram ( Greek language, Greek) or sexagram (Latin) is a six-pointed ...
Seven points
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Commonwealth Star
The Commonwealth Star (also known as the Federation Star, the Seven Point Star, or the Star of Federation) is a seven-pointed star symbolising the Federation of Australia which came into force on 1 January 1901.
Six points of the Star represent ...
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Heptagram
A heptagram, septagram, septegram or septogram is a seven-point star drawn with seven straight strokes.
The name ''heptagram'' combines a numeral prefix, ''hepta-'', with the Greek suffix '' -gram''. The ''-gram'' suffix derives from ''γρ ...
Eight points
Nine points
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Enneagram
Enneagram is a compound word derived from the Greek neoclassical stems for "nine" (''ennea'') and something "written" or "drawn" (''gramma''). Enneagram may refer to:
* Enneagram (geometry), a nine-sided star polygon with various configurations
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Ten points
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Decagram Decagram may refer to:
* 10 gram, or 0.01 kilogram
The kilogram (also kilogramme) is the unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol kg. It is a widely used measure in science, engineering and commerce world ...
Eleven points
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Hendecagram
In geometry, a hendecagram (also endecagram or endekagram) is a star polygon that has eleven vertices.
The name ''hendecagram'' combines a Greek numeral prefix, '' hendeca-'', with the Greek suffix ''-gram''. The ''hendeca-'' prefix derives fro ...
Twelve points
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Blue Sky with a White Sun
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Thirteen points
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Tridecagram
In geometry, a tridecagon or triskaidecagon or 13-gon is a thirteen-sided polygon.
Regular tridecagon
A '' regular tridecagon'' is represented by Schläfli symbol .
The measure of each internal angle of a regular tridecagon is approximately 1 ...
Fourteen points
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Tetradecagram
In geometry, a tetradecagon or tetrakaidecagon or 14-gon is a fourteen-sided polygon.
Regular tetradecagon
A ''regular polygon, regular tetradecagon'' has Schläfli symbol and can be constructed as a quasiregular Truncation (geometry), truncate ...
Fifteen points
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Pentadecagram
In geometry, a pentadecagon or pentakaidecagon or 15-gon is a fifteen-sided polygon.
Regular pentadecagon
A ''regular polygon, regular pentadecagon'' is represented by Schläfli symbol .
A Regular polygon, regular pentadecagon has interior angl ...
Sixteen points
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Hexadecagram
In mathematics, a hexadecagon (sometimes called a hexakaidecagon or 16-gon) is a sixteen-sided polygon.
Regular hexadecagon
A '' regular hexadecagon'' is a hexadecagon in which all angles are equal and all sides are congruent. Its Schläfli sym ...
Multiple stars
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Asterisk
The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star.
Computer scientists and mathematicians often voc ...
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Asterism (typography)
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Unicode symbols
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Solar symbols#Modern pictogram
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Star polygon
In geometry, a star polygon is a type of non-convex polygon. Regular star polygons have been studied in depth; while star polygons in general appear not to have been formally defined, certain notable ones can arise through truncation operations ...
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Polygons
In geometry, a polygon () is a plane figure that is described by a finite number of straight line segments connected to form a closed ''polygonal chain'' (or ''polygonal circuit''). The bounded plane region, the bounding circuit, or the two toge ...
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Star symbols
Typographical symbols