Technical information

Symbol
NameBlack circle
Unicode numberU+25CF
CategoryGo markersCircle
DescriptionThe Unicode character ●, or U+25CF, is known as "Black Circle". It belongs to the "Geometric Shapes" block, which consists of common geometric shapes. This character is categorized under "Symbol, Other". Visually, it represents a solid, filled-in circle. While its name refers to it as "black", its actual color can vary depending on the text color in use. The black circle is used in a wide array of contexts across different cultures and disciplines. It can symbolize a bullet point in a list, represent a data point in a chart or diagram, or indicate selection when used as a radio button in user interfaces. It's also used in mathematical and logical symbols, and its filled-in nature can be used to contrast with the "White Circle" (U+25CB) in various symbolic contexts.

Encoding

HTML Entity●
HTML Entity (hex)●
URL Escape Code%E2%97%8F
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x97 0x8F
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10010111:10001111
UTF-160x25CF
UTF-320x000025CF

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u25CF"
CSS Code\25CF
JavaScript"\u25CF"
Perl\x{25CF}
Python 2u"\u25CF"
Python 3\u25CF
Ruby\u{25CF}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ● in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9679;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\25CF";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References