How to prevent ✳ symbol converting to emoji

Question

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I have a problem where my ✳ (Eight-Spoked Asterisk) symbol is converting to emoji on iOS\/android devices..<\/i>

export const hideDigits = (value: string) => {
const parsedValue = value.slice(0, 4) + value.slice(4, value.length -4).replace(/\d/g,'\u2733') + value.slice(value.length -4);
return (
    normalizeVoucherCode(parsedValue)
);

Answer 1

Solved it like this for anyone who is wondering!

//Force ✳︎ to never be parsed as emoji with variation selector \u{FE0E}!
const textSymbol = '\u{2733}\u{FE0E}';