U+2297 "⊗" Circled Times Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⊗
U+2297 "⊗" Circled Times is a mathematical symbol that represents a binary operation, most commonly the tensor product in linear algebra, abstract algebra, and quantum mechanics, but also occasionally the vector cross product or a variant of multiplication in set theory and logic. Visually, it consists of a small multiplication cross (✕) enclosed within a circle, distinguishing it from the similar "circled plus" (⊕). It belongs to the Unicode block "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A" and is encoded as a single character, allowing it to be used consistently across digital text, mathematical notation software, and scientific literature without requiring specialized fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2297 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Times |
| Block | Mathematical Operators |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⊗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⊗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8A 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2297 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002297 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2297 |
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 |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |