Unicode Character "∘" (U+2218)

The character ∘ (Ring Operator) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2218. It is encoded in the Mathematical Operators block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ∘.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Ring Operator
Unicode Codepoint U+2218
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Mathematical Operators
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2218 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ∘
HTML (hex) ∘
HTML (named) ∘
URL Escape Code %E2%88%98
CSS \002218
JavaScript, JSON \u2218
C, C++, Java \u2218
Python \u2218
Rust \u{2218}
Ruby \u2218

How to type "∘"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 1 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 1 8. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ∘
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ∘
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ∘
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x88 0x98
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2218
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002218

References