U+23C0 "⏀" Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical with Circle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⏀
U+23C0 "⏀" Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical with Circle is a specialized symbol within the Miscellaneous Technical block, used primarily in dental notation to represent a specific condition or feature on a tooth diagram. This character combines a vertical line, indicating a direction or surface orientation, with a circle, typically denoting a area of treatment or observation, such as a cavity, filling, or other dental work. It is part of a set of standardized dental symbols designed for clear, unambiguous communication in clinical records and charts, particularly in contexts where digital or typed notation replaces handwritten abbreviations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23C0 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical with Circle |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⏀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⏀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8F 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23C0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023C0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23c0 |
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 |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |