Large Circle

Part of Geometric Shapes

Large Circle has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.

Alt code
None
HTML entity
◯
Unicode
U+25EF

About this symbol

The large circle is used in Japan in the same way as the smaller ○: to mean correct, yes or good, the maru, set against the × for wrong.

Unicode facts

Official name
LARGE CIRCLE
Type
Symbol
Unicode block
Geometric Shapes
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Related
◌⃝ Combining Enclosing Circle U+20DD
○ White Circle U+25CB
⬤ Black Large Circle U+2B24
⭕ Heavy Large Circle U+2B55
〇 Ideographic Number Zero U+3007

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