# \circledast

The ⊛ symbol (Circled asterisk operator, U+229B), written as \circledast in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Binary operators](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/binary-operators) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⊛ |
| Unicode | U+229B CIRCLED ASTERISK OPERATOR |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\circledast
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.02% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 200 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+229B (CIRCLED ASTERISK OPERATOR).