What ⦾ means
The formula or diagram must define it. The outline and inner white circle do not identify an operation by themselves; follow the notation's definitions or legend.
An ISO AMS mathematical entity set is a list of named symbols for markup; its entry for ⦾ is olcir.
In ordinary prose, ⦾ reads as deliberately technical.
As of 2026, Unicode's math guidance notes that math fonts size circled forms inconsistently; check ⦾ beside the rest of the formula.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
2
Related characters
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Questions 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.
More like this
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Collections with ⦾
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How to type or find ⦾
- Also called
- olcir
- Search it as
- circle-in-circle math symbol · circled bullet symbol · bullseye sign
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⦾CSS
\29BECodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⦾
HTML hex
⦾
CSS content
content: "\29BE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A6%BE
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.