U+25E0 "◠" Upper Half Circle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25E0 "◠" Upper Half Circle is a typographic symbol that represents the top half of a circular shape, visually resembling an arc or a shallow dome. It is part of the Geometric Shapes Unicode block, often used in technical diagrams, mathematical notations, or as a decorative element in text. Unlike its counterpart, the lower half circle, this character can serve to indicate a segment, a spectrum, or a partial enclosure in visual layouts, and it may appear in contexts like user interface design or specialized documentation where precise geometric representation is needed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25E0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Upper Half 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 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25E0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025E0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25e0 |
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 |