How do I type the ⭗ heavy circle with circle inside symbol?

On Windows, type 2B57 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2b57. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for ⭗?

Heavy Circle With Circle Inside is U+2B57. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

What kind of character is ⭗?

Heavy Circle With Circle Inside is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, and was introduced in Unicode 5.2. 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.

U+2B57 · Other symbol

Heavy Circle With Circle Inside Symbol ⭗

⭗ is heavy circle with circle inside, U+2B57. Unicode also records it as “municipal office”. It was added in Unicode 5.2, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.

Also known as

municipal office

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+2B57`
HTML hex	`⭗`
HTML decimal	`⭗`
CSS	`\2B57`
JavaScript	`\u{2B57}`
Python	`\U00002B57`
Java / C#	`\u2B57`
Rust	`\u{2b57}`
Swift	`\u{2B57}`
PHP	`\u{2B57}`
URL encoded	`%E2%AD%97`
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 AD 97`
UTF-16 bytes	`2B57`
Base64	`4q2X`
Decimal	`11095`
Category	Other symbol (So)
Introduced	Unicode 5.2

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.

Unicode cross-references

The standard points readers of ⭗ at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.

◎U+25CEbullseye

Other inside characters

Unicode names 8 characters ending in “inside”. They differ by direction, weight or decoration rather than by meaning.

Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows

A mixed block of arrows, stars, and geometric shapes in weights and colours the earlier blocks did not cover, plus a set of astronomical symbols.

All 254 characters in Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows →

How to type ⭗

Windows	Type `2B57` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “heavy circle with circle inside”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `2b57`, 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 ⭗ heavy circle with circle inside symbol?: On Windows, type 2B57 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2b57. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for ⭗?: Heavy Circle With Circle Inside is U+2B57. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
What kind of character is ⭗?: Heavy Circle With Circle Inside is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, and was introduced in Unicode 5.2. 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.