Arabic star

The Arabic star is a punctuation mark and is mainly used in Arab countries instead of the asterisk. The original form of the asterisk with six rays has been identified by the Arabs as a Star of David, which is rejected because of the tight Arab- Israeli relations. Then, the five-pointed star was introduced and referred to as the Arabian star.

In Unicode, occupies the Arab star the code point U 066 D. However, not in all pleadings he has five rays, variants with six or eight rays also occur.