U+29BE "⦾" Circled White Bullet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⦾
U+29BE "⦾" Circled White Bullet is a typographic symbol depicting an empty or hollow circle set within a larger circular border, designed to be visually distinct from a standard filled bullet point. Classified in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, it is often used in mathematical notation, diagrams, and logic contexts to denote a null set, an empty operation, or a placeholder in set theory and mapping functions. Its open, unfilled appearance allows it to serve as a clear counterpoint to the solid black circle (U+29BF) in systems requiring binary or contrastive visual markers, such as in flowcharts or Venn diagrams.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+29BE |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Circled White Bullet |
| 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 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x29BE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000029BE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u29be |
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 |