U+25D0 "◐" Circle with Left Half Black Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25D0 "◐" Circle with Left Half Black is a geometric symbol that depicts a perfect circle where the left half is filled in with black, while the right half remains white or transparent, creating a visually balanced split design. It belongs to the Geometric Shapes block in Unicode and is often used in typography, diagrams, or user interfaces to represent concepts like partial completion, a state of duality, or a toggle between two modes. Its clean, symmetrical appearance also makes it useful in decorative contexts or as part of a larger set of half-filled circle symbols that visually convey proportional data or binary states.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25D0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circle with Left Half Black |
| 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 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25D0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025D0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25d0 |