Star-shaped character (8)
I believe the answer is:
asterisk
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">star-shaped character</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for asterisk that I've seen before include "Star shaped symbol" , "Footnote marker" , "Printed star" , "Star-shaped mark in printing" , "Textual reference symbol" .)