# ⚪ White circle emoji

⚪ White 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: white circle
- Code points: U+26AA
- Category: Symbols, Shapes
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :white_circle:
- Keywords: circle, geometric, white
- Page: https://emojichart.com/white-circle-emoji

## What it means

A plain white circle. People use it as a bullet point or marker, to stand for anything white or neutral, and as the empty or off counterpart to a filled colored circle in status lists.

## How to type ⚪

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | círculo blanco | círculo, círculo blanco, geometría |
| Français (fr) | disque blanc | blanc, cercle, disque blanc, forme géométrique, géométrie, rond |
| Deutsch (de) | weißer Punkt | Ball, Großer weißer Kreis, Kreis, Punkt, weiß, weißer Punkt |
| Italiano (it) | cerchio bianco | bianco, cerchio, cerchio bianco grande, geometria |
| Português (pt) | círculo branco | branco, círculo, geométrico |
| Nederlands (nl) | witte cirkel | cirkel, geometrisch, wit |
| Svenska (sv) | vit cirkel | cirkel, geometrisk, vit cirkel |
| Polski (pl) | białe koło | białe, figura geometryczna, kółko, koło |
| Türkçe (tr) | beyaz daire | beyaz daire, daire, geometri |
| Русский (ru) | белый круг | белый, геометрия, круг, фигура, шар |
| Українська (uk) | білий круг | біле, білий круг, геометричний, коло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | λευκός κύκλος | γεωμετρικό, κύκλος, λευκός κύκλος |
| العربية (ar) | دائرة بيضاء | دائرة, دائرة بيضاء, شكل هندسي, هندسي |
| עברית (he) | עיגול לבן | לבן, עיגול, צורה |
| فارسی (fa) | دایره سفید | دایره, دایره سفید, شکل هندسی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सफ़ेद वृत्त | ज्यामिति, ज्यामिती, सफेद वृत्त, सफ़ेद वृत्त |
| বাংলা (bn) | সাদা বৃত্ত | জ্যামিতিক, বৃত্ত, সাদা বৃত্ত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | lingkaran putih | geometri, lingkaran, putih |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hình tròn màu trắng | hình học, hình tròn, hình tròn màu trắng |
| ไทย (th) | วงกลมสีขาว | วงกลม, วงกลมสีขาว, สีขาว |
| 日本語 (ja) | 白い丸 | 丸, 丸いボタン, 白, 白い丸 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 흰색 원 | 기하학 무늬, 동그라미, 원, 하얀색 원, 화이트 서클, 흰색 원 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 白色圆 | 圆, 圈, 白, 白圈, 白色圆 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 白色圓形 | 圓形, 白丸, 白色圓形 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): wit sirkel
- Akan (ak): kanko fitaa
- Albanian (sq): rreth i bardhë
- Amharic (am): ነጭ ክብ
- Armenian (hy): սպիտակ շրջան
- Assamese (as): বগা বৃত্ত
- Azerbaijani (az): ağ dairə
- Bashkir (ba): аҡ түңәрәк
- Basque (eu): zirkulu zuria
- Belarusian (be): белы круг
- Bosnian (bs): bijeli krug
- Bulgarian (bg): бял кръг
- Burmese (my): အဖြူရောင် စက်ဝိုင်း
- Canadian French (fr-CA): rond blanc
- Cantonese (yue): 白色圓形
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 白色圆形
- Catalan (ca): cercle blanc
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏁᎦ ᎦᏕᏯᏍᏛ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 白色大圓圈
- Chuvash (cv): шурӑ ҫаврашка
- Croatian (hr): bijeli krug
- Czech (cs): bílý kroužek
- Danish (da): hvid cirkel
- Estonian (et): valge ring
- Faroese (fo): hvítur sirkul
- Filipino (fil): puting bilog
- Finnish (fi): valkoinen ympyrä
- Galician (gl): círculo branco
- Georgian (ka): თეთრი წრე
- Gujarati (gu): સફેદ ગોળ
- Hausa (ha): farin da’ira
- Hungarian (hu): fehér kör
- Icelandic (is): hvítur hringur
- Igbo (ig): okirikiri ọcha
- Irish (ga): ciorcal bán
- Javanese (jv): bunderan putih
- Kalaallisut (kl): hvid cirkel
- Kannada (kn): ಬಿಳಿ ವೃತ್ತ
- Kazakh (kk): ақ дөңгелек
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): اق دوڭگەلەك
- Khmer (km): រង្វង់ពណ៌ស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): uruziga rw’umweru
- Konkani (kok): धवें वर्तुळ
- Kyrgyz (ky): ак тегерек
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Setesik saq
- Lao (lo): ວົງມົນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): balts aplis
- Lithuanian (lt): baltas apskritimas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): běły krejz
- Luxembourgish (lb): wäisse Krees
- Macedonian (mk): бел круг
- Malay (ms): bulatan putih
- Malayalam (ml): വെളുത്ത വൃത്തം
- Maltese (mt): ċirku abjad
- Marathi (mr): पांढरे वर्तुळ
- Mongolian (mn): цагаан тойрог
- Māori (mi): porohita mā
- Nepali (ne): सेतो घेरा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Waít Sẹ́kul
- Northern Sotho (nso): nkgokolo e tšhweu
- Norwegian (no): hvit sirkel
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): kvit sirkel
- Odia (or): ଧଳା ବୃତ୍ତ
- Oromo (om): geengoo adii
- Pashto (ps): سپينه دايره
- Punjabi (pa): ਚਿੱਟਾ ਗੋਲਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): چٹّا چکر
- Quechua (qu): yuraq muyu
- Romanian (ro): cerc alb
- Romansh (rm): rudè alv
- Sardinian (sc): chircu biancu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cearcall geal
- Serbian (sr): бели круг
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): бијели круг
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): beli krug
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): bijeli krug
- Shan (shn): တူင်ႇမူၼ်းသီၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): اڇو دائرو
- Sinhala (si): සුදු රවුම
- Slovak (sk): biely kruh
- Slovenian (sl): bel krog
- Somali (so): goobo cad
- Swahili (sw): mduara mweupe
- Swiss High German (de-CH): weisser Punkt
- Tajik (tg): доираи сафед
- Tamil (ta): வெள்ளை வட்டம்
- Telugu (te): తెలుపు రంగు వృత్తం
- Tigrinya (ti): ጻዕዳ ዓንኬል
- Tongan (to): fuopotopoto hinehina
- Tswana (tn): sekele e tshweu
- Turkmen (tk): ak halka
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): běły kruh
- Urdu (ur): سفید دائرہ
- Uyghur (ug): ئاق چەمبەر
- Uzbek (uz): oq doira
- Welsh (cy): cylch gwyn
- Wolof (wo): serkal bu weex
- Xhosa (xh): isangqa esimhlophe
- Yoruba (yo): Rogodo Funfun
- Zulu (zu): indingilizi emhlophe

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+26AA` |
| HTML | `⚪` |
| CSS | `\26AA` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{26AA}` |
| Python | `\u26AA` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9A AA` |
| UTF-16 | `26AA` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9A%AA` |

## Questions

### What does the ⚪ white circle emoji mean?

A plain white circle. People use it as a bullet point or marker, to stand for anything white or neutral, and as the empty or off counterpart to a filled colored circle in status lists.

### How do I type the ⚪ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “white 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 :white_circle:.

### When was the ⚪ emoji added?

⚪ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for ⚪?

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

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