U+2BCA "⯊" Top Half Black Circle Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

⯊
Source: Noto Sans Symbols 2 Source: Browser Default

U+2BCA "⯊" Top Half Black Circle is a typographic symbol depicting the upper semicircle of a filled circle, leaving the bottom half transparent or white. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block and is often used in graphic design, diagrams, or as a visual indicator in user interfaces, particularly for representing partial filling, progress, or binary states where a top half denotes an active or selected portion. Its shape contrasts with its counterpart, U+2BCB Bottom Half Black Circle, allowing for complementary visual representation in paired contexts.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+2BCA
Version Added
7.0
Name
Top Half Black Circle
Block
Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
General Category
Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class
Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class
Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
⯊
HTML Hex Encoding
⯊
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xAF 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2BCA
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002BCA
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2bca

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