U+25D6 "◖" Left Half Black Circle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25D6 "◖" Left Half Black Circle is a typographic symbol in the Geometric Shapes block, depicting a circle where only the left half is filled in black while the right half remains transparent. This glyph is commonly used in diagrams, user interface design, and mathematical notation to represent partial shading, a state of incompleteness, or a directional offset. Its shape can also function as a visual marker in lists or tables, serving as a distinct alternative to a solid circle or other half-shaded symbols for indicating progress or binary states.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25D6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Left Half Black Circle |
| 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 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25D6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025D6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25d6 |
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 |