Английская Википедия:Arabic star

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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, Шаблон:Unichar, in the range Arabic punctuation.[4]

Variants

In many modern fonts, however, the asterisk is five-pointed, and the Arabic star is sometimes six- or eight-pointed. The two symbols are compared below (the display depends on your browser's font).

Asterisk Full-width Asterisk Arabic star five-pointed star six-pointed star eight-pointed star
* ٭

Unicode

In Unicode, Arabic and similar stars are encoded at:

In some displays, the use of the ٭ character can cause the text directionality to change.[5]

See also

References

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External links

Шаблон:Navbox punctuation


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  1. Unicode 1.1 appendix H § 5.4.3: ‘٭’ [066D] Шаблон:Smallcaps
  2. Fonts & Encodings by Yannis Haralambous, page 73: ‘There is nothing inherently Arabic about the character ‘٭’ 0x066D Шаблон:Smallcaps; 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.’
  3. 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.’
  4. Chart U+0600 Arabic
  5. Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm