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Circle Symbols

Copy and paste circle symbols — ● ○ ◉ ◎ ◐ ⊙ ⚫ ⚪ and more. Solid or hollow, small or large, half-filled, dotted and colour circles for lists and bios — 60 symbols, click to copy

Round characters sorted by fill: solid ● ⚫, hollow ○ ⚪, half ◐ ◑, ringed ◉ ⊙ and dotted ◌. Click one to take it — a filled and a hollow circle together build a rating row, ●●●○○, from two characters repeated.

Click any symbol to copy it instantly. Paste with Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+V (Mac).

Copy and Paste Circle Symbols

The grid above holds 60 round characters, and every one of them behaves as text: no image file, no icon font, nothing to install. Tap a circle and it is on your clipboard immediately, ready to drop into a rating, a status line, a bio or a spreadsheet header with the usual paste shortcut.

What Are Circle Symbols?

Circle symbols are Unicode characters shaped as rings, discs and partial fills — ● solid, ○ hollow, ◐ half-inked, ⊙ ringed. Because they are characters rather than shapes drawn by an app, they inherit the colour and size of the text around them and travel intact between programs.

The shape carries meaning almost everywhere: wholeness, cycles, completion. In interfaces that has narrowed into something very practical — a filled circle means selected or done, an empty one means neither, and a half-filled one means partway.

How to Use Circle Symbols

Copying Circle Symbols

One click on any circle in the grid copies it. There is no download step and no file involved.

Pasting Circle Symbols into Apps

Use the standard paste shortcut for your platform. Any field that takes typed text will take these — including places that reject images outright, such as browser tab titles, chat handles and CSV columns.

Using Circle Symbols as Progress and Rating Marks

Repeating two circles builds a meter without a graphic: ●●●○○ shows three of five. The half-filled set extends it — ◐ covers the halfway step that filled and hollow alone cannot express.

Types of Circle Symbols

Fill is what people search for here, far more often than the word circle on its own.

Solid and Filled Circle Symbols

● ⚫ 🔴 🟠 🟡 🟢 🔵 🟣 🟤 — fully inked, the heaviest marks in the collection.

Hollow, Empty and Open Circle Symbols

○ ⚪ ⭕ — outlines only, and the natural partner to ● for on/off and done/not-done pairs.

Circle Symbols with a Centre

◉ ◎ ⊙ ⊚ — a dot or a second ring inside the outline, which is why they read so well as radio buttons.

Half and Part-Filled Circle Symbols

◐ ◑ ◒ ◓ for halves, ◔ ◕ ◖ ◗ for quarters and segments — finer progress steps than a halfway mark allows.

Dotted and Dashed Circle Symbols

◌ ◍ — broken rings, commonly used as placeholders for something not yet filled in.

Mathematical Circle Symbols

⊕ ⊖ ⊗ ⊘ are the four everyone meets first — a circle drawn around a plus, minus, times or divide, each naming an operation of its own. Behind them sit ⦵ ⦶ ⦷ ⦸ ⦹ ⦺ ⧀ ⧁ ⧂ ⧃ ⧇ ⊛ ⊜ ⊝, notation from further into mathematics and the least widely supported characters on this page.

Inverse Circle Symbols

◘ ◙ — a white circle set into an inked square, a leftover from early PC character sets that still renders everywhere.

How Large Circle Symbols Render

Size is a font decision rather than a property of the character, but the groups behave predictably: the mathematical operators ⊙ ⊚ sit lightest on the baseline; ● ○ ◐ match the weight of surrounding text; ⬤ and ◯ are drawn deliberately large while still taking your text colour, which is the pair to reach for when a circle has to dominate a line without becoming an emoji; and ⚫ ⚪ ⭕ 🔴 are emoji, so most platforms draw them larger and in fixed colour whether you want that or not. For anything smaller than ⊙ — a mid-dot or a tiny list marker — see the bullet point symbols.

Best Uses for Circle Symbols

Circle Symbols for Status Indicators

🟢 running, 🟡 degraded, 🔴 down. The colour convention is one most readers already know, which is why it needs no key.

Circle Symbols in Ratings and Scores

Filled against hollow communicates a score instantly and avoids the star iconography that implies a review.

Circle Symbols in Plain-Text Checklists

○ for open and ● for closed, in any tool that offers no checkbox of its own.

Circle Symbols in Forms and Radio Choices

◉ marks the selected option and ○ the rest — a convention borrowed straight from interface design.

Circle Symbols as Bio and Caption Separators

A single ○ between phrases divides them without shouting, which a heavier mark tends to do.

Getting Circle Symbols Right

Pair like with like: ● with ○, or ⚫ with ⚪. Mixing a geometric circle with an emoji one looks mismatched because only one of them is coloured.
Colour carries meaning: 🔴 and 🟢 read as status to almost everyone — avoid them as pure decoration.
Mind the line height: ⚫ ⚪ ⭕ shift it in some apps. ● ○ never do.
Accessibility: assistive technology reads a pasted circle by its Unicode name or ignores it, so never let one carry meaning on its own.

Circle Symbols Unicode Names and Codes

Every circle in the grid lists its own code point, and several have direct keyboard entry:

Windows legacy Alt codes: Alt+9 types ○, Alt+8 types ◘ and Alt+10 types ◙ on the numeric keypad.
Windows by code point: Alt+9679 gives ● and Alt+9675 gives ○.
Code points: ● is U+25CF, ○ is U+25CB, ◉ is U+25C9 and ◐ is U+25D0. Typing the code and pressing Alt+X converts it in many editors.
Mac: Ctrl+Cmd+Space opens the character viewer — search for circle.

The colour circles are emoji and are easiest to reach through your system's emoji picker, or by copying them from the grid above.

Frequently Asked Questions About Circle Symbols

What is the difference between ● and ⚫?

● is a geometric character and takes the colour of the text around it. ⚫ is an emoji: most platforms draw it larger and always black, whatever your text colour.

What is the hollow version of ●?

○. For the emoji pair it is ⚪ against ⚫.

Which circle symbol works as a radio button?

◉ for selected and ○ for unselected. ◎ works too if you want the selected state to read a little lighter.

Why does my circle symbol show as a box?

The font lacks that glyph. The geometric circles ● ○ ◐ are the most widely supported; the mathematical operators ⦵ ⧇ are the least.