Asterisk

Asterisk or "*" is a basic Latin block character. It is named after "little star" in Greek. It's Unicode Code is

Uses
Asterisk is used for coding or in books or comics. An action or verb word. "*Dies*". It is also used for bleeping stuff out like swear words or credit cards or passwords. F*** or *********.

Other Names
Asterisk can be called star.

Trivia
Asterisk is the first character to be typeable and to have a letter in it's Unicode Code.