Dotted circle
Non-significant typographic character
U+25CC ◌ DOTTED CIRCLE In Unicode, the dotted circle (◌) is a non-significant typographic character used to illustrate the effect of a combining mark, such as a diacritic mark.[1] It can also be used to indicate a spot where a character ought to be, but it is seldom used for anything else.
Illustration
A Unicode combining mark combines with a preceding character. When used as stand-alone, it would combine unintentionally with a preceding character (possibly a space):
- Diacritic ̒ used alone between regular spaces
- Diacritic ◌̒ used after a character
Using the generic dotted circle character also shows the relative positioning of the diacritic.
References
- ^ "Chapter 17. About the Code Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. Version 6.2. Unicode, Inc. 2012-09-26. p. 273. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
Combining characters are shown with a dotted circle. […] the relative position of the dotted circle indicates an […] approximate location of the base character in relation to the combining mark. […]
See also
- Unicode input
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Diacritics
- ◌́ ◌̋ acute, double acute
- ◌᷄ apex
- ◌̆ ◌̑ breve, inverted breve
- ◌̌ caron, háček
- ◌̧ cedilla
- ◌̂ circumflex
- ◌̈ diaeresis, umlaut, other
- ◌̇ ◌̣ dot
- ◌̀ ◌̏ grave, double grave
- ◌̉ hook above
- ◌̡ ◌̢ palatal hook, retroflex hook
- ◌̛ horn
- ◌ͅ iota subscript
- ◌ˉ macron
- ◌˛ ogonek, nosinė
- ◌̊ ◌̥ overring, underring
- ◌͂ perispomene
- ◌͗ sicilicus
- ◌̃ tilde
- ◌῾ ◌᾿ rough breathing, smooth breathing
- ◌’ apostrophe
- ◌̸ bar
- ◌: colon
- ◌, comma
- ◌. full stop/period
- ◌˗ hyphen
- ◌′ prime
- ^ caret (computing)
- ° degree symbol
- ~ tilde § Mathematics
- ◌ dotted circle (placeholder glyph character)
- combining character § Unicode ranges
See also:
- English terms with diacritical marks
- Punctuation marks
Category: Diacritics
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