Eight-spoked Asterisk on Telegram

What it signals here

sticker mapping

Not commonly mapped to a sticker but used in formatted channel messages as a visual bullet.

channel use

Channel admins use it to structure announcements, separating sections for readability.

group meaning

In group chats it functions as a soft attention-grabber before an important message.

bot context

Some Telegram bots use it in formatted output to denote list items or section headers.

See it elsewhere