Unicode Character "◯" (U+25EF)

The character ◯ (Large Circle) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25EF. 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 Large Circle
Unicode Codepoint U+25EF
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+25EF Conversion

HTML (decimal) ◯
HTML (hex) ◯
HTML (named) ◯
URL Escape Code %E2%97%AF
CSS \0025EF
JavaScript, JSON \u25EF
C, C++, Java \u25EF
Python \u25EF
Rust \u{25EF}
Ruby \u25EF

How to type "◯"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x97 0xAF
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25EF
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025EF

References