A star rating display — showing a product or review score as filled, half-filled, and empty stars — is one of the most universally recognized rating patterns, and getting the half-star rendering right takes a small CSS trick using a gradient or overlapping characters.
Enter any rating from 0 to 5 in half-star increments, and this tool renders the correct combination of filled, half-filled, and empty stars using Unicode star characters styled with your chosen color.
The generated code uses simple, dependency-free HTML and CSS rather than an icon font or image sprite, making it lightweight and easy to drop directly into any project without additional asset loading.
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Frequently asked questions
How are half-star ratings rendered?
A half-filled star character (⯪) or a CSS gradient clipping technique represents fractional ratings, giving a visually accurate half-star appearance rather than just rounding up or down.
Can I use this for a rating higher than 5 stars, like out of 10?
This tool is built for the standard 5-star scale; a 10-point scale would typically be converted to its 5-star equivalent by dividing by two before entering the rating.