A starburst is graphic design or typographical element that resembles diverging rays of light, or consists of a star-like image with rays emanating from it. In

Unicode Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard,The formal version reference is is an information technology standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. The standard, wh ...

, the starburst character ("sixteen pointed asterisk") is U+273A. The term can also refer to the

Combining Cyrillic Millions Cyrillic numerals are a numeral system derived from the Cyrillic script, developed in the First Bulgarian Empire in the late 10th century. It was used in the First Bulgarian Empire and by South and East Slavic peoples. The system was us ...

character ( ҉ ) whose Unicode is U+0489. It is notably used as the current logo of

Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

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