Round Target

It marks a target or point of focus. In a message, read it as “aim here,” “this is the goal,” or “this spot matters,” unless nearby labels give it a specialized meaning.

The English word “target” has an object history too: round shields appear in Catalonia by the late 11th century, and an illuminated manuscript painted 1157–1185 shows a round target. Historical sources call comparable shields “targes,” “targets,” or “bucklers,” names for kinds of shield. That explains the object behind the word; it does not prove this digital character descends from those shields.

A 2011 Unicode proposal places this shape set among Webdings and Wingdings collections. Microsoft describes Webdings, designed in 1997, as a way for web designers to add scalable graphics without separate image files.

Is it the same as a bullseye?

No; they share a target reading but are different characters. Unicode cross-references 🞋 with ◎, ⦾, and ⭗. The familiar ◎ is a separate plain-text bullseye character.

In astrology, 🞋 can also stand for Aza, the “evil moon.” A 2016 Unicode astrology proposal lists it as an occasional glyph for Aza and says a fisheye form was more common. In a chart, follow its legend.

Will it render the same everywhere?

No; the installed font controls its drawing. Unicode’s reference shape does not prescribe exact proportions, so the glyph’s weight or spacing can vary. A missing-glyph box means that font has no drawing for 🞋.

In UTF-16 software, this character occupies two code units even though it is one Unicode code point. Treat it as one code point when indexing or slicing text.