U+29B6 "⦶" Circled Vertical Bar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⦶
U+29B6 "⦶" Circled Vertical Bar is a mathematical symbol that belongs to the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, representing a vertical line or bar enclosed within a circle. Its primary use is in formal logic and mathematics, where it often denotes a binary operation or a relation, sometimes interpreted as the "sole implication" or "exclusive or" in certain logical systems, or as a specific type of operator in abstract algebra. The symbol is designed to distinguish itself from other circled operators like the circled plus or times, providing a clear visual cue for specialized notations in academic or technical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+29B6 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Circled Vertical Bar |
| Block | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⦶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⦶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xA6 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x29B6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000029B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u29b6 |
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 |
| Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |