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class="Ogam"><a href="/wiki/%E1%9A%95" title="ᚕ">ᚕ</a></b>, <b class="Arab"><a href="/wiki/%D9%AD" title="٭">٭</a></b>, <b class="Cprt"><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%A0%82" title="𐠂">𐠂</a></b>, <b class="Cprt"><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%A0%80" title="𐠀">𐠀</a></b>, <b class="Zsym"><a href="/wiki/%E2%98%85" title="★">★</a></b>, <b class="Zsym"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%B6" title="✶">✶</a></b>, <b class="Zsym"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%B4" class="mw-redirect" title="✴">✴</a></b>, <b class="Cyrs"><a href="/wiki/%EA%99%B3" title="꙳">꙳</a></b>, <b class="Cans"><a href="/wiki/%E1%95%AF" title="ᕯ">ᕯ</a></b><span class="serial-comma">,</span><span class="serial-and"> <i>and</i></span> <b class="None"><a href="/wiki/%E2%81%82" title="⁂">⁂</a></b></div> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Text style</th> <th>Emoji style </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; width: 50%;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Unicode_0x002A.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Unicode_0x002A.svg/120px-Unicode_0x002A.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Unicode_0x002A.svg/180px-Unicode_0x002A.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Unicode_0x002A.svg/240px-Unicode_0x002A.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center; width: 50%;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Noto_Emoji_v2.034_002a.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Noto_Emoji_v2.034_002a.svg/120px-Noto_Emoji_v2.034_002a.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Noto_Emoji_v2.034_002a.svg/250px-Noto_Emoji_v2.034_002a.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size: 250%; text-align: center; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);"> <td style="padding: 0;">*︎</td> <td style="padding: 0;">*️ </td></tr> <tr style="font-size: 80%;"> <td colspan="2">Text style is <a href="/wiki/variation_selector" title="variation selector">forced with</a> ⟨&#xFE0E;⟩ and emoji style with ⟨&#xFE0F;⟩. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">*</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=002A">U+002A</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#42;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/)" title=")"><span title="RIGHT PARENTHESIS">← <span class="character-sample-secondary None">)</span><br /><small>[U+0029]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Basic_Latin" title="Appendix:Unicode/Basic Latin">Basic Latin</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%2B" title="+"><span title="PLUS SIGN"><span class="character-sample-secondary None">+</span> →<br /><small>[U+002B]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r75637847">.mw-parser-output .character-sample{display:inline-block;min-width:1em;font-size:300%;text-align:center;background:rgb(0,0,0);background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1)}.mw-parser-output .character-sample>:only-child{display:block}.mw-parser-output .character-sample-primary{display:inline-table;min-width:1.1em;font-size:300%;line-height:110%;text-align:center;background:rgb(0,0,0);background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .character-sample-secondary{display:inline-block;min-width:1em;text-align:center}</style> <div class="NavFrame floatright" style="width:25em;max-width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;margin-bottom:7px;font-size:100%;"> <div class="NavHead">Character variations</div> <div class="NavContent"> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Unicode_0x204E.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Unicode_0x204E.svg/120px-Unicode_0x204E.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Unicode_0x204E.svg/180px-Unicode_0x204E.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Unicode_0x204E.svg/240px-Unicode_0x204E.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span><br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">⁎</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=204E">U+204E</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#8270;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">LOW ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E2%81%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="⁍ (page does not exist)"><span title="BLACK RIGHTWARDS BULLET">← <span class="character-sample-secondary None">⁍</span><br /><small>[U+204D]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/General_Punctuation" title="Appendix:Unicode/General Punctuation">General Punctuation</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%81%8F" title="⁏"><span title="REVERSED SEMICOLON"><span class="character-sample-secondary None">⁏</span> →<br /><small>[U+204F]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">✱</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2731">U+2731</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10033;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">HEAVY ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E2%9C%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="✰ (page does not exist)"><span title="SHADOWED WHITE STAR">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✰</span><br /><small>[U+2730]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%B2" class="mw-redirect" title="✲"><span title="OPEN CENTRE ASTERISK"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✲</span> →<br /><small>[U+2732]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">✲</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2732">U+2732</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10034;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">OPEN CENTRE ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%B1" class="mw-redirect" title="✱"><span title="HEAVY ASTERISK">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✱</span><br /><small>[U+2731]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%B3" title="✳"><span title="EIGHT SPOKED ASTERISK"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✳</span> →<br /><small>[U+2733]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">✻</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=273B">U+273B</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10043;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%BA" class="mw-redirect" title="✺"><span title="SIXTEEN POINTED ASTERISK">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✺</span><br /><small>[U+273A]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%BC" class="mw-redirect" title="✼"><span title="OPEN CENTRE TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✼</span> →<br /><small>[U+273C]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">✼</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=273C">U+273C</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10044;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">OPEN CENTRE TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%BB" class="mw-redirect" title="✻"><span title="TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✻</span><br /><small>[U+273B]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%BD" class="mw-redirect" title="✽"><span title="HEAVY TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✽</span> →<br /><small>[U+273D]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">✽</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=273D">U+273D</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10045;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">HEAVY TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%BC" class="mw-redirect" title="✼"><span title="OPEN CENTRE TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✼</span><br /><small>[U+273C]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%BE" title="✾"><span title="SIX PETALLED BLACK AND WHITE FLORETTE"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✾</span> →<br /><small>[U+273E]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">❉</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2749">U+2749</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10057;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%88" title="❈"><span title="HEAVY SPARKLE">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❈</span><br /><small>[U+2748]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%8A" class="mw-redirect" title="❊"><span title="EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❊</span> →<br /><small>[U+274A]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">✢</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2722">U+2722</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10018;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">FOUR TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%A1" title="✡"><span title="STAR OF DAVID">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✡</span><br /><small>[U+2721]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%A3" class="mw-redirect" title="✣"><span title="FOUR BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✣</span> →<br /><small>[U+2723]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">✣</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2723">U+2723</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10019;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">FOUR BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%A2" class="mw-redirect" title="✢"><span title="FOUR TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✢</span><br /><small>[U+2722]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%A4" class="mw-redirect" title="✤"><span title="HEAVY FOUR BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✤</span> →<br /><small>[U+2724]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">✤</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2724">U+2724</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10020;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">HEAVY FOUR BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%A3" class="mw-redirect" title="✣"><span title="FOUR BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✣</span><br /><small>[U+2723]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="✥"><span title="FOUR CLUB-SPOKED ASTERISK"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✥</span> →<br /><small>[U+2725]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">✥</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2725">U+2725</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10021;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">FOUR CLUB-SPOKED ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%A4" class="mw-redirect" title="✤"><span title="HEAVY FOUR BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✤</span><br /><small>[U+2724]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E2%9C%A6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="✦ (page does not exist)"><span title="BLACK FOUR POINTED STAR"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✦</span> →<br /><small>[U+2726]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">❃</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2743">U+2743</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10051;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">HEAVY TEARDROP-SPOKED PINWHEEL ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E2%9D%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="❂ (page does not exist)"><span title="CIRCLED OPEN CENTRE EIGHT POINTED STAR">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❂</span><br /><small>[U+2742]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%84" title="❄"><span title="SNOWFLAKE"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❄</span> →<br /><small>[U+2744]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">❊</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=274A">U+274A</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10058;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%89" class="mw-redirect" title="❉"><span title="BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❉</span><br /><small>[U+2749]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%8B" class="mw-redirect" title="❋"><span title="HEAVY EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❋</span> →<br /><small>[U+274B]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">❋</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=274B">U+274B</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10059;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">HEAVY EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%8A" class="mw-redirect" title="❊"><span title="EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❊</span><br /><small>[U+274A]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%8C" class="mw-redirect" title="❌"><span title="CROSS MARK"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❌</span> →<br /><small>[U+274C]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">✺</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=273A">U+273A</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10042;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">SIXTEEN POINTED ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E2%9C%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="✹ (page does not exist)"><span title="TWELVE POINTED BLACK STAR">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✹</span><br /><small>[U+2739]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%BB" class="mw-redirect" title="✻"><span title="TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">✻</span> →<br /><small>[U+273B]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">＊</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=FF0A">U+FF0A</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#65290;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">FULLWIDTH ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BC%89" class="mw-redirect" title="）"><span title="FULLWIDTH RIGHT PARENTHESIS">← <span class="character-sample-secondary None">）</span><br /><small>[U+FF09]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Halfwidth_and_Fullwidth_Forms" title="Appendix:Unicode/Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms">Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BC%8B" class="mw-redirect" title="＋"><span title="FULLWIDTH PLUS SIGN"><span class="character-sample-secondary None">＋</span> →<br /><small>[U+FF0B]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">﹡</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=FE61">U+FE61</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#65121;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">SMALL ASTERISK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%B9%A0" class="mw-redirect" title="﹠"><span title="SMALL AMPERSAND">← <span class="character-sample-secondary None">﹠</span><br /><small>[U+FE60]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Small_Form_Variants" title="Appendix:Unicode/Small Form Variants">Small Form Variants</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%B9%A2" class="mw-redirect" title="﹢"><span title="SMALL PLUS SIGN"><span class="character-sample-secondary None">﹢</span> →<br /><small>[U+FE62]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /></div></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Translingual">Translingual</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Translingual"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/60px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="None" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk" class="extiw" title="w:Asterisk">*</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk" class="extiw" title="w:Asterisk">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r83974623">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid;display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:first-child{float:none!important;flex:none}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:nth-child(2){margin-left:0.55em!important}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-hide{display:none}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-inline-block{display:inline-block;margin-left:0!important}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbol">Symbol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Zsym headword" lang="mul">*</strong> (<i>English symbol name</i> <b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/asterisk#English" title="asterisk">asterisk</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/alchemy" title="alchemy">alchemy</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sal_ammoniac#English" title="sal ammoniac">Sal ammoniac</a></span> (6 or 8 point).</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/astronomy" title="astronomy">astronomy</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/star" title="star">star</a> (5 or 6 point).</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> <a href="/wiki/slang" title="slang">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="None mention" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/*_*#Translingual" title="* *">* *</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">encloses an interpretation</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">I can't see anything! – Hold on a second… <b>*</b>turns the light on</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/computing#Noun" title="computing">computing</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used as a <a href="/wiki/multiplication#English" title="multiplication">multiplication</a> symbol; <a href="/wiki/%C3%97#Translingual" title="×">×</a>.</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/regular_expression" title="regular expression">regular expressions</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used as a <a href="/wiki/wildcard#English" title="wildcard">wildcard</a> to <a href="/wiki/detect#English" title="detect">detect</a> <a href="/wiki/zero#English" title="zero">zero</a> or <a href="/wiki/more#English" title="more">more</a> <a href="/wiki/occurrence#English" title="occurrence">occurrences</a> of the <a href="/wiki/preceding#English" title="preceding">preceding</a> <a href="/wiki/element#English" title="element">element</a>.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The string <code>ab<b>*</b>c</code> matches “ac”, “abc”, “abbc”, “abbbc”, and so on.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/mathematics" title="mathematics">mathematics</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/algebra" title="algebra">algebra</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/complex_conjugate" title="complex conjugate">Complex</a> or <a href="/wiki/transpose_conjugate" title="transpose conjugate">transpose conjugate</a>; <a href="/wiki/conjugate" title="conjugate">conjugate</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/algebra" title="algebra">algebra</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/computer_science" title="computer science">computer science</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/free_monoid#English" title="free monoid">Free monoid</a></span> or <a href="/wiki/Kleene_star" title="Kleene star">Kleene star</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">In the language defined by <code>AB<b>*</b>A</code>, each string starts with an A, ends with a distinct A, and between them has zero or more Bs.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/linear_algebra" title="linear algebra">linear algebra</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/functional_analysis" title="functional analysis">functional analysis</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dual_space#English" title="dual space">Dual space</a></span>.</li></ol></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/meteorology" title="meteorology">meteorology</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/snow#English" title="snow">Snow</a></span> (6 point).</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/particle_physics" title="particle physics">particle physics</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used to designate a resonance.</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" class="extiw" title="w:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> a reserved symbol with no set meaning, that needs to be defined by the transcriber. May be used as a letter or as a diacritic.</li> <li><span class="template-anchor" id="linguistics" data-id="linguistics"></span><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/linguistics" title="linguistics">linguistics</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">descriptive <a href="/wiki/linguistics" title="linguistics">linguistics</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used before a term (such as a word, phrase, or sentence) to show that it is <a href="/wiki/grammatically#English" title="grammatically">grammatically</a> <a href="/wiki/incorrect#English" title="incorrect">incorrect</a>, or in some other way <a href="/wiki/ill-formed#English" title="ill-formed">ill-formed</a>.</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms coordinate-term"><span class="defdate">Coordinate term:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/**#Translingual" title="**">**</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">English prepositions come before the associated noun: we say <i>She lives in Rome</i>, not <b>*</b><i>She lives Rome in</i>.</i></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_root" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European root">Roots</a> like <b>*</b><i>bep-</i> were not allowed in Proto-Indo-European.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a> <a href="/wiki/linguistics" title="linguistics">linguistics</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used before or after a term to denote that it is only <a href="/wiki/hypothesize#English" title="hypothesize">hypothesized</a> and not actually <a href="/wiki/attest#English" title="attest">attested</a>.</span> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">When used before a term: that the term has been <a href="/wiki/reconstruct#English" title="reconstruct">reconstructed</a> by a <a href="/wiki/linguist#English" title="linguist">linguist</a>, on the basis of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/comparative_method" class="extiw" title="w:comparative method">comparative method</a> or by <a href="/wiki/compare#English" title="compare">comparing</a> other reconstructed terms, as the <a href="/wiki/plausible#English" title="plausible">plausible</a> <a href="/wiki/ancestor#English" title="ancestor">ancestor</a> form of an <a href="/wiki/existing#Adjective" title="existing">existing</a>, <a href="/wiki/attested#Adjective" title="attested">attested</a> term in one or more <a href="/wiki/language#English" title="language">languages</a>.</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms coordinate-term"><span class="defdate">Coordinate term:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/**#Translingual" title="**">**</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">It is posited that <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European#English" title="Proto-Indo-European">Proto-Indo-European</a> <b>*</b><i>sneygʷʰos</i> is the etymon of both Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/nix#Latin" title="nix">nix</a></i> and English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/snow#English" title="snow">snow</a></i>.</i></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">His theory of the Proto-Slavic <b>*</b><i>kъniga</i> being ultimately derived from Chinese, via the middle form <b>*</b><i>kūinig</i>, reflecting ancient routes of cultural influx from the East, has not gained a firm ground in the Slavicist circles in the last century.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">When used after a term: that the term is actually attested, but not in its <a href="/wiki/citation_form#English" title="citation form">citation form</a> that is being mentioned.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">PIE <b>*</b><i>ḱonk-</i> yielded Vedic <i>śaṅk-ate</i> “worries, hesitates”, as well as pre-Germanic <b>*</b><i>kank-</i>, whence also Gothic <i>hāhan</i><b>*</b> “to hang”.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">When used before a symbol representing a <a href="/wiki/phoneme#English" title="phoneme">phoneme</a>: that the phoneme is reconstructed on the basis of comparative method.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Proto-Germanic had three unvoiced fricatives: <b>*</b>/f/, <b>*</b>/þ/, and <b>*</b>/h/.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">When used before a symbol representing a sound value: that the sound value is hypothesized.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Proto-Germanic had three unvoiced fricatives, possibly representing <b>*</b>[ɸ], <b>*</b>[θ], and <b>*</b>[x].</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol></li></ol></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/music" title="music">music</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">A <a href="/wiki/pointing_mark#English" title="pointing mark">pointing mark</a> in <a href="/wiki/Anglican_chant#English" title="Anglican chant">Anglican chant</a>, which marks a place in the <a href="/wiki/text#English" title="text">text</a> where an extra <a href="/wiki/breath#English" title="breath">breath</a> should be taken, resulting in a brief <a href="/wiki/pause#English" title="pause">pause</a>.</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms coordinate-term"><span class="defdate">Coordinate terms:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60vert%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`vert`">|</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%27#Translingual" title="'">'</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="#Translingual">:</a></span>, <span class="Zmth" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%8B%85#Translingual" class="mw-redirect" title="⋅">⋅</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%94#Translingual" title="—">—</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%96#Translingual" title="‖">‖</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%A0#Translingual" title="†">†</a></span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">multiplication symbol</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%C3%97#Translingual" title="×">×</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/x#Translingual" title="x">x</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%C2%B7#Translingual" title="·">·</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="qualifier-clarification">antonym(s) of </span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">“</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">multiplication symbol</span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">”</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="#Translingual">:</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki//#Translingual" title="/">/</a></span>, <i class="None mention" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%C3%B7#Translingual" title="÷">÷</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coordinate_terms">Coordinate terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Coordinate terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">multiplication symbol</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%2B#Translingual" title="+">+</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/-#Translingual" title="-">-</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki//#Translingual" title="/">/</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%25#Translingual" title="%">%</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%5E#Translingual" title="^">^</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/**#Translingual" title="**">**</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/*_*#Translingual" title="* *">* *</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">encloses text for emphasis</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">astronomy</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/V*#English" title="V*">V*</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Cl*#English" title="Cl*">Cl*</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">multiplication symbol</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/**#Translingual" title="**">**</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">wildcard</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/w/index.php?title=*.*&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="*.* (page does not exist)">*.*</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">linguistics</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/**#Translingual" title="**">**</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Punctuation_mark">Punctuation mark</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Punctuation mark"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="None headword" lang="mul">*</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">Used to <a href="/wiki/censor#Verb" title="censor">censor</a> sections of <a href="/wiki/obscene#English" title="obscene">obscene</a> or <a href="/wiki/profane#English" title="profane">profane</a> words.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_You_(CeeLo_Green_song)" class="extiw" title="w:Fuck You (CeeLo Green song)">F<b>**</b>k You!</a></i></div></dd></dl> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> <a href="/wiki/slang" title="slang">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used to censor non-offensive words to treat them as insulting or profane.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example collocation"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Turk#English" title="Turk">T<b>*</b>rks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurd#English" title="Kurd">K<b>*</b>rds</a></i></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example collocation"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">wh<b>*</b>te "people"</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">Used in a <a href="/wiki/dictionary#English" title="dictionary">dictionary</a> or similar work to indicate a <a href="/wiki/cross-reference#English" title="cross-reference">cross-reference</a> to another <a href="/wiki/entry#English" title="entry">entry</a>.</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2014</b></span>, <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar</cite>, 2nd edition (in English), Oxford: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-965823-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-965823-7">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1awJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA25">page <span class="None" lang="und">25</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><i>analysis</i> The process of breaking up *words, <b>*</b>phrases, <b>*</b>clauses, <b>*</b>sentences, <b>*</b>constructions, etc. into their <b>*</b>constituent parts.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">Used at the beginning of a <a href="/wiki/footnote#English" title="footnote">footnote</a>, especially if it is the only one on the page, and after a word, phrase, or sentence that this footnote relates to.</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">by extension</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used at the beginning of a <a href="/wiki/clarifying#English" title="clarifying">clarifying</a> <a href="/wiki/statement#English" title="statement">statement</a> or <a href="/wiki/disclaimer#English" title="disclaimer">disclaimer</a>, especially if it is the only one on the page.</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2022</b> August 5, “Monkeypox 2022 U.S. Map & Case Count”, in <cite><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>United States<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220805053419/https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html">[1]</a></sup>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2022-08-05">2022-08-05</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Total confirmed monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases: 7,102 <br /> <b>*</b>One Florida case is listed here but included in the United Kingdom case counts because the individual was tested while in the UK.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/cricket" title="cricket">cricket</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used to marks a <a href="/wiki/score#Noun" title="score">score</a> or <a href="/wiki/statistic#English" title="statistic">statistic</a> that is <a href="/wiki/incomplete#English" title="incomplete">incomplete</a>, such as the score of a <a href="/wiki/batsman#English" title="batsman">batsman</a> who is (or was) <a href="/wiki/not_out#English" title="not out">not out</a>.</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">chiefly <a href="/wiki/computing#Noun" title="computing">computing</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Uses especially in computing.</span> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">Used as a <a href="/wiki/wildcard#English" title="wildcard">wildcard</a> to denote zero or more <a href="/wiki/character#English" title="character">characters</a>.</span> <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example collocation"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/trans*#English" title="trans*">trans<b>*</b></a></i> ― <span class="e-translation"><a href="/wiki/transgender" title="transgender">transgender</a> or <a href="/wiki/transsexual" title="transsexual">transsexual</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used to indicate a <a href="/wiki/field#Noun" title="field">field</a> of a <a href="/wiki/form#English" title="form">form</a> that must be <a href="/wiki/fill_out#English" title="fill out">filled out</a>.</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> <a href="/wiki/slang" title="slang">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used before or after a word to show a correction has been made, chiefly by the same participant.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">I'm our of time. / <b>*</b>out</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/genealogy" title="genealogy">genealogy</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used before a date to denote that it is a <a href="/wiki/birthdate#English" title="birthdate">birthdate</a>.</span></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">Used to indicate <a href="/wiki/emphasis#English" title="emphasis">emphasis</a>, see</span> <a href="/wiki/*_*#Translingual" title="* *">* *</a>.</li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">Used to form a <a href="/wiki/dinkus#English" title="dinkus">dinkus</a>,</span> * * *<span class="use-with-mention">, or <a href="/wiki/asterism#English" title="asterism">asterism</a>,</span> <a href="/wiki/%E2%81%82#Translingual" title="⁂">⁂</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The English names of the mark are <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/asterisk#English" title="asterisk">asterisk</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/star#English" title="star">star</a></i>.</li> <li>In Internet slang, when two or more corrections are made, one may add a * with each correction. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">I just got back from Sarcamento / <b>*</b>Sacarmento / <b>**</b>Sacramento</i></div></dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms_2">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">in censoring</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Zsym" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%96%A0#Translingual" title="■">■</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%94#Translingual" title="—">—</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">footnote</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%A0#Translingual" title="†">†</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E2%80%A1#Translingual" title="‡">‡</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C2%A7#Translingual" title="§">§</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E2%80%96#Translingual" title="‖">‖</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C2%B6#Translingual" title="¶">¶</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">as wildcard</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%25#Translingual" title="%">%</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">genealogy</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%C2%B0#Translingual" title="°">°</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antonyms_2">Antonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="qualifier-clarification">antonym(s) of </span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">“</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">genealogy</span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">”</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%A0#Translingual" title="†">†</a></span> / <a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%9D" title="✝">✝</a> / <a href="/wiki/%2B" title="+">+</a> <i>(French)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coordinate_terms_2">Coordinate terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Coordinate terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">beginning a footnote</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%A0#Translingual" title="†">†</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%A1#Translingual" title="‡">‡</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Translingual/*&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Translingual/* (page does not exist)">**</a></span>, [numbers]</li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">as wildcard</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%3F#Translingual" title="?">?</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">genealogy</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Zsym" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9A%AD#Translingual" title="⚭">⚭</a></span> / <a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%95" class="mw-redirect" title="✕">✕</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E2%9A%AE" title="⚮">⚮</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E2%9A%B5" title="⚵">⚵</a> <i>(German)</i></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">grammatically incorrect</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%3F#Translingual" title="?">?</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbol_2">Symbol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit 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the sounds <span class="IPA">/stɑː(ɹ)/</span> (star) in any word that has this pronunciation or similar.</span> <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example collocation"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><b>*</b>t</i> ― <span class="e-translation"><a href="/wiki/start" title="start">start</a></span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example collocation"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><b>*</b>fish</i> ― <span class="e-translation"><a href="/wiki/starfish" title="starfish">starfish</a></span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example collocation"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><b>*</b>g8</i> ― <span class="e-translation"><a href="/wiki/stargate" title="stargate">stargate</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/astronomy" title="astronomy">astronomy</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <b>＊</b>: A <a href="/wiki/star" title="star">star</a> (also <span class="Zsym" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9C%B6#Translingual" title="✶">✶</a></span> or <span class="Zsym" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9A%B9#Translingual" title="⚹">⚹</a></span>).</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="German">German</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: German"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbol_3">Symbol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="None headword" lang="de">*</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#nonstandard" title="Appendix:Glossary">nonstandard</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> the <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Gendersternchen#German" title="Gendersternchen">Gendersternchen</a></i>; <span class="use-with-mention">Used to separate <a href="/wiki/multiple#Adjective" title="multiple">multiple</a> <a href="/wiki/gendered#English" title="gendered">gendered</a> <a href="/wiki/inflection#English" title="inflection">inflections</a> in <a href="/wiki/gender-neutral#English" title="gender-neutral">gender-neutral</a> writing.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Freund#German" title="Freund">Freund<b>*</b>innen</a>; ein<b>*</b>e <a href="/wiki/Beamter#German" title="Beamter">Beamt<b>*</b>er<b>*</b>in</a>; <a href="/wiki/Witwer#German" title="Witwer">Witwe*r</a></i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">friends (of any gender); an officer (of any gender); widower (of any gender)</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2020</b> February 23, Alexander Diehl, “Hamburger Küche: Aal kann – muss aber nicht”, in <cite>Die Tageszeitung: taz</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://taz.de/!5663125/">[2]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0931-9085">→ISSN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="de">Aber genauer besehen sind sie in Hamburg ja Lutheraner<b>*</b>innen, und Luther war das Leibliche so fern nun wieder nicht.</span><dl><dd><small>(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Quotations#Adding_translations_to_quotations" title="Wiktionary:Quotations">add an English translation</a> of this quotation)</small></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes_2">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In speech either expanded (<i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Spieler*in</i> → <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Spieler oder Spielerin</i>), or realized with a <a href="/wiki/glottal_stop" title="glottal stop">glottal stop</a> <span class="IPA">/ˈʃpiːləʁʔɪn/</span>.</li> <li>Issues can arise with some forms, compare: <ul><li><i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Freund#German" title="Freund">Freunde</a></i> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Freundin#German" title="Freundin">Freundinnen</a></i> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span> → <i>Freund*innen</i>, where the <i>e</i> of the masculine term is dropped and it's not <i>Freunde*innen</i></li> <li><i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Arzt#German" title="Arzt">Arzt</a></i> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/%C3%84rztin#German" title="Ärztin">Ärztin</a></i> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> → <i>Ärzt*in</i>, where the umlaut-less <i>A</i> is not present</li> <li><i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ein#German" title="ein">ein</a> <a href="/wiki/Abgeordneter#German" title="Abgeordneter">Abgeordneter</a></i> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">eine Abgeordnete</i> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> → <i>ein*e Abgeordnete*r</i>, where the feminine-like <i>ein*e</i> occurs together with the masculine-like <i>Abgeordnete*r</i></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms_3">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=*&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="None" lang="de"><a href="#German">:</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">as in <i>Freund:innen</i>; nonstandard, rare</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="None" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60lowbar%60#German" title="Unsupported titles/`lowbar`">_</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">as in <i>Freund_innen</i>; nonstandard</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="None" lang="de"><a href="/wiki//#German" title="/">/</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">as in <i>Freund/innen</i>; nonstandard, proscribed</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="None" lang="de"><a href="/wiki//#German" title="/">/</a><a href="/wiki/-#German" title="-">-</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">as in <i>Mitarbeiter/-innen</i></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="None" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/()#German" class="mw-redirect" title="()">()</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">as in <i>Mitarbeiter(innen)</i></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>(m/w/d) <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">as in <i>Mitarbeiter (m/w/d)</i></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Capital_letter" title="Appendix:Capital letter">capital <i>I</i></a> in <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/-in#German" title="-in">-in</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">feminine suffix</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">as in <i>FreundInnen</i>; nonstandard, proscribed</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <p>"<a href="/wiki/gender-neutral" title="gender-neutral">gender-neutral</a>", but <a href="/wiki/binary" title="binary">binary</a> only: </p> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/und#German" 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