How to use star☆/heart♥/skull☠ symbols - Character Entities

Ranked #2,717 in Education, #64,917 overall

Ever wonder how people on myspace put a little heart next to their name? ♥ Like this ♥ Well here's how to do it.

How to use character entities

There are two ways, one is simply copy and pasting. This does not work on all websites so you will want to try to stick to the other way. The second is using the code(which it will usually convert into anyway, when you go back and edit where ever it is that you placed the entity you'll see the code instead.

It starts with the and symbol, pound sign (&#)
and then a number here
; and a semicolon at the end

so it should go like this

&#[Insert number here];

Let's try it!

okay so we want a star and the number is 9734
plug it into the code and it should look like this ☆

That's it!

Popular Character Entities

sunshine ☀ 9728

clouds ☁ 9729

rain ☂ 9730

star solid ★ 9733

star outline ☆ 9734

skull ☠ 9760

radioactive ☢ 9762

biohazard ☣ 9763

hammer and sickle ☭ 9773

peace sign ☮ 9774

smiley face ☺ 9786

spade solid ♠ 9824

heart outline ♡ 9825

diamond outline ♢ 9826

club solid ♣ 9827

spade outline ♤ 9828

heart solid ♥ 9829

diamond solid ♦ 9830

club outline ♧ 9831

note ♪ 9834

double note ♫ 9835

scissors ✂ 9986

thick scissors ✄ 9988

mail ✉ 9993

Reader Feedback

  • ShandiGP Nov 12, 2011 @ 6:23 pm | delete
    How did you make these show up in a Squidoo lens?
  • JoyfulReviewer Oct 7, 2011 @ 9:52 pm | delete
    Thanks for compiling this neat list of symbols and the codes to use them!
  • JenniferV Apr 29, 2011 @ 10:33 pm | delete
    Thats pretty neat! Thanks for sharing!'
  • scar4 Dec 29, 2010 @ 8:24 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing!
  • bt55 Nov 24, 2010 @ 1:26 am | delete
    Thank you for this useful information. It adds value to a written piece to visually enhance with these type of characters. Well done!
  • bt55 Nov 24, 2010 @ 1:26 am | delete
    Thank you for this useful information. It adds value to a written piece to visually enhance with these type of characters. Well done!
  • 2muchtrash Nov 24, 2010 @ 1:14 am | delete
    It seems every time I take time to go and read someone else's lens I ALWAYS find a gem! Seems I have hit the jackpot today! These cute little characters will make a nice addition placed in the right place. Thank YOU!!!
  • lakern26 Jan 15, 2010 @ 9:31 am | delete
    Thanks so much for sharing this information. I've always wondered how people put those symbols in and now I know!
  • AziShea Dec 31, 2009 @ 9:33 pm | delete
    i tried using this i wanted the sunshine before my name Azi Shea - ????? ?a?? on myspace (myspace.com/rebeluv) but it wont change it just stays the same symbols and numbers in front of my name it dont change at all if someone can help me contact me on myspace please if you cant find me by those names look for Tammy Bannister thats me

by

Tigerbunny

Hey there. I'm a 19 year old nerdy gamer girl with no social life, and I love it!
I created the myspace 2.0 layout site, misstigerbunny.com. I can wr...
more »

Feeling creative? Create a Lens!