U+1F78A "🞊" White Circle Containing Black Small Circle Unicode Character

U+1F78A "🞊" White Circle Containing Black Small Circle is a specialized geometric symbol representing a white circular outline enclosing a smaller solid black dot at its center. This glyph belongs to the Geometric Shapes Extended block and is often used in technical diagrams, map legends, or data visualization to denote a state of mutual containment, such as a target, a node with a core, or a nested hierarchy where the outer circle signifies a boundary or system and the inner dot marks a precise location or value. Its design suggests a relationship of centrality or inclusion, making it useful for indicating points of interest, origins, or positions within a larger field without relying on color.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F78A
Version Added	7.0
Name	White Circle Containing Black Small 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 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDF8A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F78A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udf8a

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