How to insert special character in the email HTML?

Question

In my html I have, following code

this is a star symbol &#9733 When I open it in a browser I see:

But if send this html in email source (using mailgun) in Gmail client I see:

This happens because in google client &#9733 turned to &#9733

What html code should I send in the email to the star?

Answer 1

Where did you get that unicode? The codes from Unicode should be working. So for your star you can try this one ⋆