I don't code in C very often, but when I do, I'm always annoyed that when I see a declaration `type ∗x`, I don't know whether `x` is meant to be a "simple point

I don't code in C very often, but when I do, I'm always annoyed that when I see a declaration `type ∗x`, I don't know whether `x` is meant to be a "simple pointer" or a an array. At least with Go, you clearly declare `type []x` or `type ∗x`. P.S.: how do you input a literal asterisk on HN? Escaping with a backslash doesn't work, had to find a fancy unicode asterisk.