⚫U+26AB

Black circle emoji

A solid black circle. Common as a bullet point or marker, it stands for anything black, such as a team color or an outfit, and doubles as a basic dot or placeholder.

Unicode name: black circle
Category: Symbols, Shapes
Added: Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points: U+26AB
Shortcode: :black_circle:
Keywords: black, circle, geometric

How it looks

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How to type ⚫

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “black circle”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “black circle”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “black circle”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “black circle”.
GitHub: Type :black_circle: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	círculo negro	círculo, círculo negro, geometría
Français	disque noir	cercle, disque noir, forme géométrique, géométrie, noir, rond
Deutsch	schwarzer Punkt	Ball, Großer schwarzer Kreis, Kreis, Punkt, rund, schwarz, schwarzer Punkt
Italiano	cerchio nero	cerchio, cerchio nero grande, geometria, nero
Português	círculo preto	círculo, geométrico, preto
Nederlands	zwarte cirkel	cirkel, geometrisch, zwart
Svenska	svart cirkel	cirkel, geometrisk, svart cirkel
Polski	czarne koło	czarne, figura geometryczna, kółko, koło
Türkçe	siyah daire	daire, geometri, siyah daire
Русский	черный круг	геометрия, круг, фигура, черный, шар
Українська	чорний круг	геометричний, коло, чорне, чорний круг
Ελληνικά	μαύρος κύκλος	γεωμετρικό, κύκλος, μαύρος κύκλος
العربية	دائرة سوداء	دائرة, دائرة سوداء, شكل هندسي, هندسية
עברית	עיגול שחור	חור שחור, עיגול, צורה, שחור
فارسی	دایره مشکی	دایره, دایره مشکی, شکل هندسی
हिन्दी	काला वृत्त	काला वृत्त, गोला, ज्यामिति, वृत
বাংলা	কালো বৃত্ত	কালো বৃত্ত, জ্যামিতিক, বৃত্ত
Bahasa Indonesia	lingkaran hitam	geometri, hitam, lingkaran
Tiếng Việt	hình tròn màu đen	hình học, hình tròn, hình tròn màu đen
ไทย	วงกลมสีดำ	วงกลม, วงกลมสีดำ, สีดำ
日本語	黒い丸	丸, 丸いボタン, 黒, 黒い丸, 黒丸
한국어	검은색 원	검은색 원, 기하학 무늬, 동그라미, 블랙 서클, 원
中文（简体）	黑色圆	圆, 圈, 黑, 黑色圆
中文（繁體）	黑色圓形	圓形, 黑丸, 黑色圓形

Names in 97 more languages

Afrikaans	swart sirkel
Akan	kanko tuntum
Albanian	rreth i zi
Amharic	ጥቁር ክብ
Armenian	սև շրջանակ
Assamese	ক’লা বৃত্ত
Azerbaijani	qara dairə
Bashkir	ҡара түңәрәк
Basque	zirkulu beltza
Belarusian	чорны круг
Bosnian	crni krug
Bulgarian	черен кръг
Burmese	အနက်ရောင် စက်ဝိုင်း
Canadian French	rond noir
Cantonese	黑色圓形
Cantonese (Simplified)	黑色圆形
Catalan	cercle negre
Cherokee	ᎬᎿᎨᎢ ᎦᏐᏆᎸ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	黑色大圓圈
Chuvash	хура ҫаврашка
Croatian	crni krug
Czech	černý kroužek
Danish	sort cirkel
Estonian	must ring
Faroese	svartur sirkul
Filipino	itim na bilog
Finnish	musta ympyrä
Galician	círculo negro
Georgian	შავი წრე
Gujarati	કાળું ગોળ
Hausa	baƙin da’ira
Hungarian	fekete kör
Icelandic	svartur hringur
Igbo	okirikiri ojii
Irish	ciorcal dubh
Javanese	bunderan ireng
Kalaallisut	sort cirkel
Kannada	ಕಪ್ಪು ವೃತ್ತ
Kazakh	қара дөңгелек
Kazakh (Arabic)	قارا دوڭگەلەك
Khmer	រង្វង់ពណ៌ខ្មៅ
Kinyarwanda	uruziga rw’umukara
Konkani	काळें वर्तुळ
Kyrgyz	кара тегерек
Kʼicheʼ	Q’eq Setesik
Lao	ວົງມົນດຳ
Latvian	melns aplis
Lithuanian	juodas apskritimas
Lower Sorbian	carny krejz
Luxembourgish	schwaarze Krees
Macedonian	црн круг
Malay	bulatan hitam
Malayalam	കറുത്ത വൃത്തം
Maltese	ċirku iswed
Marathi	काळे वर्तुळ
Mongolian	хар тойрог
Māori	porohita pango
Nepali	कालो घेरा
Nigerian Pidgin	Blák Sẹ́kul
Northern Sotho	nkgokolo ye ntsho
Norwegian	svart sirkel
Odia	କଳା ବୃତ୍ତ
Oromo	geengoo gurraacha
Pashto	توره دايره
Punjabi	ਕਾਲਾ ਗੋਲਾ
Punjabi (Arabic)	کالا چکر
Quechua	yana muyu
Romanian	cerc negru
Romansh	rudè nair
Sardinian	chircu nieddu
Scottish Gaelic	cearcall dubh
Serbian	црни круг
Serbian (Latin)	crni krug
Shan	တူင်ႇမူၼ်းသီလမ်
Sindhi	ڪارو دائرو
Sinhala	කළු රවුම
Slovak	čierny kruh
Slovenian	črn krog
Somali	goobo madow
Swahili	mduara mweusi
Tajik	доираи сиёҳ
Tamil	கருப்பு வட்டம்
Telugu	నలుపు రంగు వృత్తం
Tigrinya	ጸሊም ዓንኬል
Tongan	fuopotopoto ʻuluʻuli
Tswana	sekele e ntsho
Turkmen	gara halka
Upper Sorbian	čorny kruh
Urdu	کالا دائرہ
Uyghur	قارا چەمبەر
Uzbek	qora doira
Welsh	cylch du
Wolof	serkal ñuul
Xhosa	isangqa esimnyama
Yoruba	Rogodo Aláwọ̀ dúdú
Yoruba (Benin)	Rogodo Aláwɔ̀ dúdú
Zulu	indingilizi emnyama

Codes

Code points: U+26AB
HTML: ⚫
CSS: \26AB
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{26AB}
Python: \u26AB
UTF-8 bytes: E2 9A AB
UTF-16: 26AB
URL encoded: %E2%9A%AB

Questions

What does the ⚫ black circle emoji mean?

A solid black circle. Common as a bullet point or marker, it stands for anything black, such as a team color or an outfit, and doubles as a basic dot or placeholder.

How do I type the ⚫ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “black circle”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :black_circle:.

When was the ⚫ emoji added?

⚫ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for ⚫?

U+26AB. In HTML you can write ⚫, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{26AB}.