Unicode Character "●" (U+25CF)

The character ● (Black Circle) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25CF. It is encoded in the Geometric Shapes 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 Black Circle
Unicode Codepoint U+25CF
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Geometric Shapes
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

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

U+25CF Conversion

HTML (decimal) ●
HTML (hex) ●
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%97%8F
CSS \0025CF
JavaScript, JSON \u25CF
C, C++, Java \u25CF
Python \u25CF
Rust \u{25CF}
Ruby \u25CF

How to type "●"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 C F. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 C F. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x97 0x8F
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25CF
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025CF

References