✡️ Star of David

Unicode lists ✡️ Star of David among the religious symbols in the Symbols group. People send it when the subject is david, jew, jewish and judaism. Further official keywords are religion and star.

✡️ fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Religion and Belief. The character has been part of the standard since 2010 (Emoji 0.7). Its code point is U+2721.

• ✡️ works as a one-character reply when david is the subject.
• Fits messages about david, jew, jewish and judaism.
• Often seen near ⚛️ Atom Symbol, 🕉️ Om and ☸️ Wheel of Dharma.

The Magen David, Shield of David, only became a Jewish identifier in the Middle Ages and general in the nineteenth century; older Jewish symbols are the menorah 🕎 and the Ark of the Covenant.

The sign carries a heavy history: under National Socialism, Jews were forced to wear the yellow star as a stigma. Since 1948 it has stood at the centre of the Israeli flag. It is therefore religious, national and commemorative at once – an emoji with considerable weight.

• ✡️☯️ – Star of David and Yin Yang
• ✡️✝️ – Star of David with Latin Cross
• ✡️☪️ – Star of David plus Star and Crescent
• ✡️☦️ – Star of David and Orthodox Cross
• ✡️🔯 – Star of David with Dotted Six-Pointed Star
• ✡️⚛️ – Star of David plus Atom Symbol
• ✡️🕎 – Star of David and Menorah
• ✡️☮️ – Star of David with Peace Symbol

Easy to mix up with ⚛️ Atom Symbol, 🕉️ Om or ☸️ Wheel of Dharma. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.