Unicode Character "⊗" (U+2297)

The character ⊗ (Circled Times) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2297. 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 Circled Times
Unicode Codepoint U+2297
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+2297 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⊗
HTML (hex) ⊗
HTML (named) ⊗
URL Escape Code %E2%8A%97
CSS \002297
JavaScript, JSON \u2297
C, C++, Java \u2297
Python \u2297
Rust \u{2297}
Ruby \u2297

How to type "⊗"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 9 7. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 9 7. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8A 0x97
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2297
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002297

References