Unicode Character "⊙" (U+2299)

The character ⊙ (Circled Dot Operator) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2299. 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 Dot Operator
Unicode Codepoint U+2299
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+2299 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⊙
HTML (hex) ⊙
HTML (named) ⊙
URL Escape Code %E2%8A%99
CSS \002299
JavaScript, JSON \u2299
C, C++, Java \u2299
Python \u2299
Rust \u{2299}
Ruby \u2299

How to type "⊙"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8A 0x99
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2299
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002299

References