For astronomical stars with Arabic names, see List of Arabic star names.
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Arabic star
U+066D٭ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR
The Arabic star is a punctuation mark added to Unicode 1.1[1] because the asterisk (*) might appear similar to a Star of David in its six-lobed form (✻).[2][3]
The Arabic star is given a distinct character in Unicode, U+066D٭ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR (the note ‘appearance rather variable’ was added in Unicode 5.1[4]), in the range Arabic punctuation.[5]
^Unicode 1.1 appendix H § 5.4.3: ‘٭’ [066D]arabic five pointed star’
^Fonts & Encodings by Yannis Haralambous, page 73: ‘There is nothing inherently Arabic about the character ‘٭’ 0x066Darabic five pointed star; it was provided only to ensure that a five-pointed asterisk would be available, as the ordinary asterisk ‘*’, with its six lobes, might be mistaken for a Star of David in print of poor quality.’
^Kenneth Whistler, who was secretary of the Unicode Technical Committee around the time this character was added later wrote: ‘U+066D is a politically motivated addition for Arabic, which always retains its 5-pointed form, so as not to be reminiscent in any way of the Star of David.’
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