A stylized representation of a , a small, fast meteor that burns up in the atmosphere. Generally depicted as a gold, five-point star trailing yellow motion lines against a night sky, as if moving down to the left.
May be used for astronomical stars and other content concerning space. Also may be used for flair or flourish. Sometimes used as a visual reference to NBC’s public service announcement, popular in the 1990s and featuring a shooting star logo.
Not to be confused with , , , or , though their applications may overlap.
Google’s star was trailed, without backdrop, by yellow lines, though these lines were blue in an even design. Microsoft’s star was also previously trailed, without backdrop, by blue lines, though they were that.
| Emoji | 🌠 |
| Unicode Name | Shooting Star |
| Apple Name | Shooting Star |
| Also Known As | Meteoroid, When You Wish Upon A Star |
| Codepoints | U+1F320 |
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | উলক |
| Danish | stjerneskud |
| German | sternschnuppe |
| English | shooting star |
| Spanish | estrella fugaz |
| French | étoile filante |
| Hindi | उलक |
| Italian | stella cadente |
| Japanese | 流れ星 |
| Korean | 별똥별 |
| Marathi | पडणर तर |
| Malay | tahi bintang |
| Dutch | vallende ster |
| Norwegian | stjerneskudd |
| Portuguese | estrela cadente |
| Swedish | stjärnfall |
| Tamil | எரநடசததரம |
| Telugu | ఉలక నల రలడ |
| Chinese | 流星 |