U+2688 "⚈" Black Circle with White Dot Right Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2688 "⚈" Black Circle with White Dot Right is a symbol from the Miscellaneous Symbols block, featuring a solid black circle with a small white dot positioned to its right. Its design carries a sense of directional balance or alignment, often used in diagrams, charts, or as a minimalist indicator in technical contexts such as user interfaces or signage. While its specific meaning can vary by application, it shares visual kinship with other "circle with dot" symbols, suggesting concepts like a target, a lens, or a state of focus offset to one side.

General Properties

Code Point U+2688
Version Added 3.2
Name Black Circle with White 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 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2688
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002688
C/C++/Java Escape \u2688

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