

About the cap badge of the IJA Dress uniform, that badge is a star, right?
That Cap badge for the Imperial Japanese Army Dress uniform was meant to be symbolise a star, right?
Even, when I searched, it said that is a five-pointed star.
However, it does not really looke like a star and more look like a rising sun symbol.
So, I wonder that whether this is a star or not.
Moreover, if this was in fact a star, then why was this designed like this?