U+25D5 "◕" Circle with All but Upper Left Quadrant Black Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25D5 "◕" Circle with All but Upper Left Quadrant Black is a geometric symbol that depicts a full circle with three of its four quadrants filled in black, leaving only the upper left segment empty or white. This character belongs to the Geometric Shapes block in Unicode, which includes a variety of circular and block-based symbols used in text, diagrams, and visual encoding. Its distinctive appearance, resembling a shaded orb with a missing quarter, often serves as a graphical placeholder for progress indicators, map legends, or abstract iconography in digital or printed media. The design evokes a sense of partial completion or directional emphasis, though its interpretation depends entirely on the context in which it is used.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25D5 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circle with All but Upper Left Quadrant 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 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25D5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025D5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25d5 |
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 |