astérisque

Also known as ASTERISK, *, star

symbole typographique (U+002A)

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The asterisk (*) is a star-shaped symbol used in writing and printing, typically appearing with five to eight points depending on whether it's typed or handwritten. It serves practical purposes like marking footnotes, censoring offensive language, and in mathematics and computer science where it's often spoken aloud as "star."

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Key facts

Symbol.name: Asterisk
Symbol.see also: ()

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: glyph
Subclass of: sign
Image: Noto Emoji v2.034 002a.svg

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Unicode code point: 002A
Commons category: Asterisks
Unicode character: *
HTML entity: *
Unicode block: Basic Latin
Unicode character name: ASTERISK
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Un astérisque (nom masculin, du latin médiéval asteriscus, qui vient lui-même du grec ancien ἀστερίσκος, asterískos, « petite étoile ») est un symbole typographique ressemblant à une étoile : « * ». En typographie, on parle d’astérisme pour désigner trois astérisques formant un triangle : « ⁂ ».

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