# \bigstar

The ★ symbol (Black star, U+2605), written as \bigstar in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/bigstar

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Letter-like symbols](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/letter-like) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ★ |
| Unicode | U+2605 BLACK STAR |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\bigstar
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 263 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2605 (BLACK STAR).