| Symbol Name | Left Half Black Circle |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 |
| Unicode | U+25D6 |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Other Symbol (So) |
| CSS Code | \25D6 |
| Hex Code | 0x25D6 |
| HTML Code | ◖ |
| LaTeX | \text{LEFTHALFBLACKCIRCLE} |
| Symbol | ◖ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%97%96 |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Left Half Black Circle |
| UTF-8 | E2 97 96 |
| UTF-16 | 25D6 |
| UTF-32 | 000025D6 |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\text{LEFTHALFBLACKCIRCLE}4\end{document}You can type the left half black circle symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 9686 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "left half black circle", or use Unicode Hex Input with 25D6.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 25d6, 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.left-half-black-circle::before { content: "\25D6"; }1<span>◖</span>Left Half Black Circle symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u25D6' or String.fromCodePoint(9686) |
| Python | '\N{LEFT HALF BLACK CIRCLE}' or chr(9686) |
| Rust | '\u{25D6}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+25D6 |
| Go | string(rune(0x25D6)) |
| Ruby | "\u{25D6}" |