What ⯊ means
⯊ is the top half black circle. Unicode classifies it as an “other symbol” — Unicode's shelf for signs that are neither maths, money nor punctuation and files it in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block; this site shelves it under Stars & signs.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
⯊ is a single code point, U+2BCA. In HTML that is ⯊, and in CSS \2BCA.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions 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 2BCA, 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 “top half black circle”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2bca, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⯊CSS
\2BCACodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⯊
HTML hex
⯊
CSS content
content: "\2BCA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AF%8A
1
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.