Circle symbol explained

Circle symbol may refer to (in ascending order of size, approximately):

Unicode

Unicode provides various circle symbols:

Symbol Name Code Point
LARGE CIRCLE U+25EF
IDEOGRAPHIC NUMBER ZERO U+3007
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O U+FF2F
COMBINING ENCLOSING CIRCLE U+20DD
HEAVY LARGE CIRCLE U+2B55
MEDIUM BLACK CIRCLE U+26AB
LARGE RED CIRCLE U+1F534
O LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O U+004F
LARGE BLUE CIRCLE U+1F535
CIRCLED PLUS U+2295
CIRCLED MINUS U+2296
CIRCLED DIVISION SLASH U+2298
CIRCLED RING OPERATOR U+229A
CIRCLED ASTERISK OPERATOR U+229B
CIRCLED EQUALS U+229C
CIRCLED DASH U+229D
SHADOWED WHITE CIRCLE U+274D
⦿ CIRCLED BULLET U+29BF
RADIO BUTTON U+1F518
CIRCLED OPEN CENTRE EIGHT POINTED STAR U+2742
RADIOACTIVE SIGN U+2622
CIRCLED TIMES U+2297
CIRCLED DOT OPERATOR U+2299
CLOCKWISE CLOSED CIRCLE ARROW U+2941
ANTICLOCKWISE CLOSED CIRCLE ARROW U+2940
CIRCLED POSTAL MARK U+3036
DIRECT HIT U+1F3AF
CIRCLED DIVISION SIGN U+2A38
MULTIPLICATION SIGN IN DOUBLE CIRCLE U+2A37
PARTIALLY-RECYCLED PAPER SYMBOL U+267D
RECYCLED PAPER SYMBOL U+267C
YIN YANG U+262F
PEACE SYMBOL U+262E
TIBETAN SYMBOL NOR BU NYIS -KHYIL U+0FCA
FISHEYE U+25C9
WHITE CIRCLE U+25CB
DOTTED CIRCLE U+25CC
CIRCLE WITH VERTICAL FILL U+25CD
BULLSEYE U+25CE
BLACK CIRCLE U+25CF
CIRCLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK U+25D0
CIRCLE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK U+25D1
CIRCLE WITH LOWER HALF BLACK U+25D2
CIRCLE WITH UPPER HALF BLACK U+25D3
CIRCLE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT BLACK U+25D4
CIRCLE WITH ALL BUT UPPER LEFT QUADRANT BLACK U+25D5
LEFT HALF BLACK CIRCLE U+25D6
RIGHT HALF BLACK CIRCLE U+25D7
INVERSE BULLET U+25D8
INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE U+25D9
UPPER HALF INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE U+25DA
LOWER HALF INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE U+25DB
UPPER LEFT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC U+25DC
UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC U+25DD
LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC U+25DE
LOWER LEFT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC U+25DF
UPPER HALF CIRCLE U+25E0
LOWER HALF CIRCLE U+25E1
BLACK LARGE CIRCLE U+2B24
WHITE BULLET U+25E6
EMPTY SET U+2205
RING OPERATOR U+2218
ERROR-BARRED BLACK CIRCLE U+29F3
ERROR-BARRED WHITE CIRCLE U+29F2
BLACK CIRCLE WITH DOWN ARROW U+29ED
WHITE CIRCLE WITH DOWN ARROW U+29EC
CIRCLE WITH TWO HORIZONTAL STROKES TO THE RIGHT U+29C3
CIRCLE WITH SMALL CIRCLE TO THE RIGHT U+29C2
CIRCLED GREATER-THAN U+29C1
CIRCLED LESS-THAN U+29C0
UP ARROW THROUGH CIRCLE U+29BD
CIRCLED ANTICLOCKWISE-ROTATED DIVISION SIGN U+29BC
CIRCLE DIVIDED BY HORIZONTAL BAR AND TOP HALF DIVIDED BY VERTICAL BAR U+29BA
CIRCLED PERPENDICULAR U+29B9
TELEPHONE LOCATION SIGN U+2706
NO ENTRY U+26D4
BASEBALL U+26BE
UNMARRIED PARTNERSHIP SYMBOL U+26AF
DIVORCE SYMBOL U+26AE
MARRIAGE SYMBOL U+26AD
BLACK CIRCLE WITH TWO WHITE DOTS U+2689
BLACK CIRCLE WITH WHITE DOT RIGHT U+2688
WHITE CIRCLE WITH TWO DOTS U+2687
WHITE CIRCLE WITH DOT RIGHT U+2686
PERMANENT PAPER SIGN U+267E

See also