# ⚫ Black circle emoji

⚫ Black circle is an emoji in the shapes set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: geometric.

- Emoji: ⚫
- Unicode name: black circle
- Code points: U+26AB
- Category: Symbols, Shapes
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :black_circle:
- Keywords: black, circle, geometric
- Page: https://emojichart.com/black-circle-emoji

## What it means

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

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): swart sirkel
- Akan (ak): kanko tuntum
- Albanian (sq): rreth i zi
- Amharic (am): ጥቁር ክብ
- Armenian (hy): սև շրջանակ
- Assamese (as): ক’লা বৃত্ত
- Azerbaijani (az): qara dairə
- Bashkir (ba): ҡара түңәрәк
- Basque (eu): zirkulu beltza
- Belarusian (be): чорны круг
- Bosnian (bs): crni krug
- Bulgarian (bg): черен кръг
- Burmese (my): အနက်ရောင် စက်ဝိုင်း
- Canadian French (fr-CA): rond noir
- Cantonese (yue): 黑色圓形
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 黑色圆形
- Catalan (ca): cercle negre
- Cherokee (chr): ᎬᎿᎨᎢ ᎦᏐᏆᎸ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 黑色大圓圈
- Chuvash (cv): хура ҫаврашка
- Croatian (hr): crni krug
- Czech (cs): černý kroužek
- Danish (da): sort cirkel
- Estonian (et): must ring
- Faroese (fo): svartur sirkul
- Filipino (fil): itim na bilog
- Finnish (fi): musta ympyrä
- Galician (gl): círculo negro
- Georgian (ka): შავი წრე
- Gujarati (gu): કાળું ગોળ
- Hausa (ha): baƙin da’ira
- Hungarian (hu): fekete kör
- Icelandic (is): svartur hringur
- Igbo (ig): okirikiri ojii
- Irish (ga): ciorcal dubh
- Javanese (jv): bunderan ireng
- Kalaallisut (kl): sort cirkel
- Kannada (kn): ಕಪ್ಪು ವೃತ್ತ
- Kazakh (kk): қара дөңгелек
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قارا دوڭگەلەك
- Khmer (km): រង្វង់ពណ៌ខ្មៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): uruziga rw’umukara
- Konkani (kok): काळें वर्तुळ
- Kyrgyz (ky): кара тегерек
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Q’eq Setesik
- Lao (lo): ວົງມົນດຳ
- Latvian (lv): melns aplis
- Lithuanian (lt): juodas apskritimas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): carny krejz
- Luxembourgish (lb): schwaarze Krees
- Macedonian (mk): црн круг
- Malay (ms): bulatan hitam
- Malayalam (ml): കറുത്ത വൃത്തം
- Maltese (mt): ċirku iswed
- Marathi (mr): काळे वर्तुळ
- Mongolian (mn): хар тойрог
- Māori (mi): porohita pango
- Nepali (ne): कालो घेरा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Blák Sẹ́kul
- Northern Sotho (nso): nkgokolo ye ntsho
- Norwegian (no): svart sirkel
- Odia (or): କଳା ବୃତ୍ତ
- Oromo (om): geengoo gurraacha
- Pashto (ps): توره دايره
- Punjabi (pa): ਕਾਲਾ ਗੋਲਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کالا چکر
- Quechua (qu): yana muyu
- Romanian (ro): cerc negru
- Romansh (rm): rudè nair
- Sardinian (sc): chircu nieddu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cearcall dubh
- Serbian (sr): црни круг
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): crni krug
- Shan (shn): တူင်ႇမူၼ်းသီလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): ڪارو دائرو
- Sinhala (si): කළු රවුම
- Slovak (sk): čierny kruh
- Slovenian (sl): črn krog
- Somali (so): goobo madow
- Swahili (sw): mduara mweusi
- Tajik (tg): доираи сиёҳ
- Tamil (ta): கருப்பு வட்டம்
- Telugu (te): నలుపు రంగు వృత్తం
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸሊም ዓንኬል
- Tongan (to): fuopotopoto ʻuluʻuli
- Tswana (tn): sekele e ntsho
- Turkmen (tk): gara halka
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): čorny kruh
- Urdu (ur): کالا دائرہ
- Uyghur (ug): قارا چەمبەر
- Uzbek (uz): qora doira
- Welsh (cy): cylch du
- Wolof (wo): serkal ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): isangqa esimnyama
- Yoruba (yo): Rogodo Aláwọ̀ dúdú
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Rogodo Aláwɔ̀ dúdú
- Zulu (zu): indingilizi emnyama

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/black-circle-emoji