U+25C9 "◉" Fisheye Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25C9 "◉" Fisheye is a geometric symbol representing a circle with a smaller filled circle at its center, resembling a camera lens, a target, or an eye with a pupil, from which its name derives. It is classified under the Geometric Shapes block and is often used in user interfaces, diagrams, or technical contexts to indicate a focal point, a capture area, or a state of being activated or selected. In general typography and digital design, this character serves as a concise visual marker, standing out due to its clear, balanced composition of an unfilled outer ring and a solid inner dot.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25C9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Fisheye |
| Block | Geometric Shapes |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ◉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ◉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x97 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25c9 |
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 |