White circle emoji ⚪
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+26AA
What ⚪ means
White circle ⚪ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: circle, geometric, white.
Those words also drive emoji search: try circle or geometric on your phone to find ⚪.
On the emoji keyboard, ⚪ sits with the shapes (34 emoji) inside symbols, which has 224 emoji, for example 🟥 🟧 🟨 🟩.
Will ⚪ show on my friend's phone?
⚪ has been around since the very first emoji set (Emoji 0.6, 2010), so every device you can think of shows it.
How to type ⚪
To find ⚪ quickly, type white circle into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type white circle.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type white circle in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type white circle.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ⚪ as one code point, U+26AA: 3 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 1 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+26AA | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ⚪ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ⚪ | |
| CSS | content: "\26AA"; | |
| JavaScript | \u26AA | |
| URL | %E2%9A%AA | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9A AA |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ⚪ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | white circle |
| Português | círculo branco |
| Español | círculo blanco |
| Italiano | cerchio bianco |
| Français | disque blanc |
| Deutsch | weißer Punkt |
| Türkçe | beyaz daire |
| Bahasa Indonesia | lingkaran putih |
| Polski | białe koło |
| Русский | белый круг |
| 日本語 | 白い丸 |
| 한국어 | 흰색 원 |
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All symbols emoji →Questions people ask
What does the white circle emoji mean?
Unicode calls ⚪ "white circle" and links it with circle, geometric, white. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the shapes subgroup of symbols.
When was the white circle emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the white circle emoji?
To find ⚪ quickly, type white circle into the emoji search.