U+25CC · Other symbol
LaTeX
\dottedcircle
Dotted Circle Symbol ◌
◌ is dotted circle, U+25CC — \dottedcircle in LaTeX. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
What Unicode says about ◌
note that the reference glyph for this character is intentionally larger than the dotted circle glyph used to indicate combining characters in this standard; see, for example, 0300
— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+25CC | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ◌ | |
| HTML decimal | ◌ | |
| CSS | \25CC | |
| JavaScript | \u{25CC} | |
| Python | \U000025CC | |
| Java / C# | \u25CC | |
| Rust | \u{25cc} | |
| Swift | \u{25CC} | |
| PHP | \u{25CC} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%97%8C | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 97 8C | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 25CC | |
| Base64 | 4peM | |
| Decimal | 9676 | |
| LaTeX | \dottedcircle | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will ◌ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. ◌ is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. ◌ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Other circle characters
Unicode names 24 characters ending in “circle”. They differ by direction, weight or decoration rather than by meaning.
Nearby in Geometric Shapes
Circles, squares, triangles and diamonds in filled and outlined forms, at several sizes. The bullet characters most lists use come from here.
How to type ◌
| Windows | Type 25CC then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “dotted circle” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 25cc, press Enter |
| HTML | ◌ |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ◌ dotted circle symbol?
- On Windows, type 25CC and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 25cc. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ◌?
- Dotted Circle is U+25CC and in LaTeX as \dottedcircle. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ◌?
- Dotted Circle is filed under Other symbol in the Geometric Shapes block, and was introduced in Unicode 1.1. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.