U+2686 "⚆" White Circle with Dot Right Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2686 "⚆" White Circle with Dot Right is a symbol found in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, visually consisting of a white or empty circle with a single solid dot positioned on its right side. It is part of a set of four directional circle symbols often used in early cartography or diagrammatic notation to represent specific astronomical or astrological concepts, such as a star or celestial body. In modern contexts, this character may appear in dice-based games, as a representation for a particular face, or in any situation requiring a simple, abstract marker for direction or orientation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2686 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | White Circle with Dot Right |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⚆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⚆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9A 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2686 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002686 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2686 |
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 |