| Symbol Name | Black Circle |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 |
| Unicode | U+25CF |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Other Symbol (So) |
| CSS Code | \25CF |
| Hex Code | 0x25CF |
| HTML Code | ● |
| LaTeX | \bullet |
| Symbol | ● |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%97%8F |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Black Circle |
| UTF-8 | E2 97 8F |
| UTF-16 | 25CF |
| UTF-32 | 000025CF |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\bullet 4\end{document}You can type the black circle symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 9679 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "black circle", or use Unicode Hex Input with 25CF.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 25cf, then Enter (layout-dependent).
Paste from this page, use text replacement, or pick from the symbol keyboard.
Paste from this page or use a keyboard with geometric symbol support.
1span.black-circle::before { content: "\25CF"; }1<span>●</span>Black Circle symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u25CF' or String.fromCodePoint(9679) |
| Python | '\N{BLACK CIRCLE}' or chr(9679) |
| Rust | '\u{25CF}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+25CF |
| Go | string(rune(0x25CF)) |
| Ruby | "\u{25CF}" |