U+1F785 "🞅" Medium Bold White Circle Unicode Character

U+1F785 "🞅" Medium Bold White Circle is a geometric symbol representing a circular outline with a thicker stroke weight than a standard white circle, yet not as heavy as a fully filled black circle. It belongs to the Geometric Shapes Extended block and is typically used in diagrams, maps, or data visualization to denote an empty or open position with moderate visual emphasis, distinguishing it from lighter or fully solid counterparts. Unlike its filled variants, this character retains a hollow interior, making it useful for indicating absence, a placeholder, or a state of incompleteness in technical or decorative contexts. Its design can vary across fonts but generally maintains a balanced, unbold appearance compared to bolder filled circles.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F785
Version Added	7.0
Name	Medium Bold White Circle
Block	Geometric Shapes Extended
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🞅
HTML Hex Encoding	🞅
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0x9E 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF85
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F785
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf85

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other