○ is the Unicode character WHITE CIRCLE, code point U+25CB (decimal 9675) in the Geometric Shapes block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ○, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 97 8B.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+25CB |
| Decimal | 9675 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 97 8B |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 25CB |
| UTF-32 | 000025CB |
| HTML decimal | ○ |
| HTML hex | ○ |
| HTML named | ○ |
| CSS | \25CB |
| JavaScript | \u25CB |
| JSON | \u25CB |
| Python | \u25CB |
| Python by name | \N{WHITE CIRCLE} |
| Java, C# | \u25CB |
| Rust, Swift | \u{25CB} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u25CB |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%97%8B |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | WHITE CIRCLE |
| Code point | U+25CB (decimal 9675) |
| Block | Geometric Shapes (U+25A0–U+25FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Geometric Shapes
- ◃ U+25C3 White Left-Pointing Small Triangle
- ◄ U+25C4 Black Left-Pointing Pointer
- ◅ U+25C5 White Left-Pointing Pointer
- ◆ U+25C6 Black Diamond
- ◇ U+25C7 White Diamond
- ◈ U+25C8 White Diamond Containing Black Small Diamond
- ◉ U+25C9 Fisheye
- ◊ U+25CA Lozenge
- ◌ U+25CC Dotted Circle
- ◍ U+25CD Circle With Vertical Fill
- ◎ U+25CE Bullseye
- ● U+25CF Black Circle
- ◐ U+25D0 Circle With Left Half Black
- ◑ U+25D1 Circle With Right Half Black
- ◒ U+25D2 Circle With Lower Half Black
- ◓ U+25D3 Circle With Upper Half Black
All 96 characters: Geometric Shapes.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ○?
- Use the named entity ○, or ○ (decimal) or ○ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+25CB?
- E2 97 8B (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%97%8B.
- How do I write U+25CB in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u25CB. Python: \u25CB.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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