U+26AC · Other symbol
LaTeX
\mdsmwhtcircle
Medium Small White Circle Symbol ⚬
⚬ is medium small white circle, U+26AC. Unicode also records it as “engaged”. It was added in Unicode 4.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Also known as
- engaged
- betrothed (genealogy)
What Unicode says about ⚬
can represent wedding ring
— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+26AC | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⚬ | |
| HTML decimal | ⚬ | |
| CSS | \26AC | |
| JavaScript | \u{26AC} | |
| Python | \U000026AC | |
| Java / C# | \u26AC | |
| Rust | \u{26ac} | |
| Swift | \u{26AC} | |
| PHP | \u{26AC} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%9A%AC | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9A AC | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 26AC | |
| Base64 | 4pqs | |
| Decimal | 9900 | |
| LaTeX | \mdsmwhtcircle | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 4.1 | |
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 Miscellaneous Symbols
A broad block covering weather, astrology, chess, music, religion and warning signs. Many members also have an emoji presentation, which is why the same character can look monochrome in one app and full-colour in another.
How to type ⚬
| Windows | Type 26AC then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “medium small white circle” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 26ac, 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 ⚬ medium small white circle symbol?
- On Windows, type 26AC and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 26ac. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ⚬?
- Medium Small White Circle is U+26AC and in LaTeX as \mdsmwhtcircle. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ⚬?
- Medium Small White Circle is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, and was introduced in Unicode 4.1. 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.