U+23FA "⏺" Black Circle for Record Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⏺
U+23FA "⏺" Black Circle for Record is a typographic symbol commonly used in media and technology interfaces to represent the action of recording audio or video, often functioning as a red filled circle on recording devices and software applications. It is part of the Miscellaneous Technical block of the Unicode standard, serving as a visual metaphor for the start of capturing content. While its most straightforward interpretation is related to recording, the symbol can also denote a general stop or halt state in certain contexts, such as in playing card emoji representations for a suit or as a purely decorative geometric shape. Its design is intentionally simple to ensure clarity at small sizes and across various digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23FA |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Black Circle for Record |
| 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 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23FA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023FA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23fa |