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negative circled digit zero

Negative Circled Zero

The black circled zero ⓿ is used as a numbered bullet. The filled circle is part of the numeral’s design; enclosed numbers also appear in Japanese publications and legal texts.

Text symbol
Search it as
black circled zero · inverted circled zero · circled zero symbol · numbered bullet zero · zero in a filled circle
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ⓿ means

It marks zero as a numbered bullet.

A Japanese standards proposal in 1999 describes enclosed numbers in publications, newspapers, and laws prepared for computer processing.

An Adobe proposal in 2001 records ⓿ in European Pi 1, a specialist symbol font, and character sets supplied by Japanese vendors.

Why is the circle filled?

“Negative” means reversed colors, not a negative value.

Fonts set this text glyph’s width and proportions. If a font lacks ⓿, it may show a box or substitute character.

A formal typographic choice that reads like a list marker.

Don't confuse it with

4
⓪
Circled Digit Zero
shares “circled”, “digit”, “zero”
①
Circled Digit One
shares “circled”, “digit”
②
Circled Digit Two
shares “circled”, “digit”
③
Circled Digit Three
shares “circled”, “digit”

Questions people ask

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Why does ⓿ 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 ⓿

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 24FF, then Alt+X to get ⓿.
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 “negative circled digit zero”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 24ff, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⓿
CSS
\24FF
HTML
In HTML, use the hexadecimal character reference ⓿.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⓿
HTML hex
⓿
CSS content
content: "\24FF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%93%BF
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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.

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