Try Star and Crescent emoji
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Meaning & usage
What does the Star and Crescent emoji mean?
The star and crescent, a widely used symbol of Islam.
Reverent and identifying. Ramadan and Eid messages use it most.
How to use ☪️ naturally
Ramadan, Eid, Islamic identity and faith posts.
Reaction symbols work like visual emphasis: they reinforce a word, rate an idea or replace a short response. Repetition normally increases intensity, but it can also make a message feel more performative.
From standard to slang
The history of ☪️
- 2014
First defined as emoji
According to Unicode’s Emoji Versions data, Star and Crescent was first defined as emoji in Emoji 0.7, dated 2014. Another retrospective label, covering characters recognised as emoji in 2014.
- Before the keyboard
Its visual roots
An older text symbol given emoji presentation in 2014. The star and crescent appears on many flags and buildings, which is why Unicode chose it as the general symbol of Islam.
- Today
How its use evolved
Ramadan, Eid, Islamic identity and faith posts.
Dates follow Unicode’s official Emoji Versions chart. Versions before Emoji 1.0 are labelled retrospectively. See the history of emoji.
In conversation
Examples of ☪️ in messages
These examples show the emoji in complete messages, where the words make its intended tone easier to read.
Ramadan Mubarak ☪️
Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating ☪️
Iftar at sunset ☪️
When to use it
Using ☪️ clearly
Ramadan, Eid, Islamic identity and faith posts. It lands as islam emoji or muslim emoji when the rest of the message supports that reading, and it is the surrounding words that do the deciding — so in a sensitive, professional or cross-cultural conversation, say the thing outright as well.
Common questions
About the star and crescent emoji
What does ☪️ mean in a text message?
The star and crescent, a widely used symbol of Islam. Reverent and identifying. Ramadan and Eid messages use it most.
Is ☪️ always positive?
Not always. Its usual readings are islam emoji, muslim emoji, ☪️ meaning, and irony or the relationship between the people can flip any of them.
Why does ☪️ look different on another device?
U+262A U+FE0F identifies the emoji; the picture is a font, drawn separately by Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung. Only the artwork changes, never the character.
How do I copy and paste the star and crescent emoji?
Use the copy button at the top of this page. ☪️ is a character, not an image, so it pastes into messages, captions and filenames as ordinary text.
When was the star and crescent emoji introduced?
Unicode’s Emoji Versions data first records ☪️ as emoji in Emoji 0.7, dated 2014. Early emoji version numbers can be retrospective, so this date describes its place in the standardised emoji set rather than the first-ever appearance of the underlying symbol.
For developers
☪️ in code
Every value below is generated from the character itself, so it stays correct even where a file encoding cannot hold the emoji directly.
| Format | Value | When to use it | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+262A U+FE0F | The standard reference. Use it to search a character map or a spec. | |
| HTML (hex) | ☪️ | For HTML and XML. Safe in files that are not saved as UTF-8. | |
| HTML (decimal) | ☪️ | The same reference in decimal. Both render identically. | |
| CSS | \262A \FE0F | For the content property. Keep the quotes around the whole value. | |
| JavaScript | \u{262A}\u{FE0F} | A string-literal escape. Needs the u flag inside a regular expression. | |
| URL-encoded | %E2%98%AA%EF%B8%8F | Percent-encoded UTF-8, for query strings and API requests. |
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Emoji details
- Unicode
- U+262A U+FE0F
- Category
- Symbols & Reactions
- Also known as
- islam emojimuslim emoji☪️ meaning
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