What 🞄 means
It marks a point or list item. A black dot can mark a location; a circle bullet can start a list entry.
Unicode standardized this circle set for plain text, drawing mainly on Wingdings, a symbol font for reusable graphics. Its circle series varies in diameter and stroke weight.
Before Unicode, symbol fonts assigned symbols to their own code positions; the same position could show a different sign in another font. Font changes can alter this circle's size and outline.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does 🞄 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 🞄
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1F784, then Alt+X to get 🞄.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “black slightly small circle”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1f784, then Enter or Space.
HTML
🞄CSS
\1F784Word for Windows
Type 1F784, then press Alt+X.
Linux
Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 1f784, then Enter.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🞄
HTML hex
🞄
CSS content
content: "\1F784";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%9E%84
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.