U+274D "❍" Shadowed White Circle Unicode Character

U+274D "❍" Shadowed White Circle is a typographic symbol that depicts a white circle with a dark shadow or outline, giving it a three dimensional appearance of depth and relief. It belongs to the Dingbats block within Unicode, a collection of decorative and ornamental characters often used for visual emphasis, bullet lists, or interface design elements. Unlike a simple geometric circle, this glyph conveys a subtle sense of weight and surface, making it suitable for highlighting items or serving as a stylized placeholder in digital and print contexts where a more textured or embossed look is desired.

General Properties

Code Point	U+274D
Version Added	1.1
Name	Shadowed White Circle
Block	Dingbats
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	❍
HTML Hex Encoding	❍
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x9D 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x274D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000274D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u274d

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