U+25CE "◎" Bullseye Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25CE "◎" Bullseye is a typographic symbol that represents a circle with a smaller, solid dot at its center, resembling a target or bullseye. It is commonly used in various contexts such as user interface design to indicate a central point, in mathematical notation to denote a specified operation like the Hadamard product, or in pictograms to symbolize a mark of precision. As part of the Geometric Shapes block, it is also frequently employed in diagrams and maps to denote a focal location, and in online or gaming environments to represent a functional button or a state of selection. Unlike a simple hollow circle, its defined inner dot gives it a distinct visual purpose in both digital and print media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25CE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bullseye |
| 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 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25CE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025CE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25ce |