# ◌ U+25CC DOTTED CIRCLE

Circle made of dots, the placeholder shown to display combining marks and diacritics on their own.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `◌` |
| Codepoint | U+25CC |
| Name | DOTTED CIRCLE |
| Block | [Geometric Shapes](https://unicodekit.com/block/geometric-shapes) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Symbol (So) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `◌` `◌` |
| CSS | `\25CC` |
| JavaScript | `\u25CC` |
| UTF-8 | E2 97 8C |
| UTF-16 | 25CC |

## Notes

- note that the reference glyph for this character is intentionally larger than the dotted circle glyph used to indicate combining characters in this standard; see, for example, 0300

## Related characters

- ○ [U+25CB WHITE CIRCLE](https://unicodekit.com/char/25CB)
- ◍ [U+25CD CIRCLE WITH VERTICAL FILL](https://unicodekit.com/char/25CD)
- ◊ [U+25CA LOZENGE](https://unicodekit.com/char/25CA)
- ◎ [U+25CE BULLSEYE](https://unicodekit.com/char/25CE)
- ◉ [U+25C9 FISHEYE](https://unicodekit.com/char/25C9)
- ● [U+25CF BLACK CIRCLE](https://unicodekit.com/char/25CF)
- ◈ [U+25C8 WHITE DIAMOND CONTAINING BLACK SMALL DIAMOND](https://unicodekit.com/char/25C8)
- ◐ [U+25D0 CIRCLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK](https://unicodekit.com/char/25D0)
- ◇ [U+25C7 WHITE DIAMOND](https://unicodekit.com/char/25C7)
- ◑ [U+25D1 CIRCLE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK](https://unicodekit.com/char/25D1)
- ◆ [U+25C6 BLACK DIAMOND](https://unicodekit.com/char/25C6)
- ◒ [U+25D2 CIRCLE WITH LOWER HALF BLACK](https://unicodekit.com/char/25D2)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/25CC · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/25CC