○

See also: ◯ [U+25EF LARGE CIRCLE], ⚬ [U+26AC MEDIUM SMALL WHITE CIRCLE], ∘ [U+2218 RING OPERATOR], and Appendix:Variations of "o"

○ U+25CB, ○ WHITE CIRCLE ← ◊ [U+25CA] Geometric Shapes ◌ → [U+25CC]

￮ U+FFEE, ￮ HALFWIDTH WHITE CIRCLE [unassigned: U+FFEF–U+FFF8] ← ￭ [U+FFED] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms → [U+FFF9]

⭕ U+2B55, ⭕ HEAVY LARGE CIRCLE ← ⭔ [U+2B54] Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows ⭖ → [U+2B56]

Translingual

Etymology

A generic circle shape.

Symbol

○

1. A female family member in a family tree. Compare □ (“a male family member in a family tree”).
2. A circled number ①, ②, ③, etc. represents the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. item.
   • 2013, Emily Laurence Baker, Slow New Forest: Local, characterful guides to Britain's special places (in English), Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 109:

     ④ New Forest Wildlife Park
     Deerleap Lane, Ashurst SO41 4UH Ⓣ 023 […] Ⓦ www.newforestwildlifepark.co.uk

3. A circled letter Ⓐ, Ⓑ, Ⓒ, etc. represents the Ath, Bth, Cth, etc. item.
   • 2004, Faye Berryman, Philip O'Carroll, Fitzroy Word Skills 3 Answer Book (Stories 21-30) (in English), Lai Lai Book Company, →ISBN, page 75:

     Fill each gap below. Use the word from the story.

     Ⓐ It seemed that she just didn't like her toys.

     Ⓑ But her mum answered, “I don't have time...”

     Ⓒ I really like talking.

See also

• Circled letters:
  • Ⓐ (“the symbol of anarchism”)
  • Ⓣ (“indicates a phone number”)
  • Ⓦ (“indicates a website”)
  • Ⓧ (“indicates the last date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system”)
  • Ⓨ (“indicates the first date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system”)

• Intellectual property symbols:
  • © (“copyright symbol”)
  • ℗ (“sound recording copyright symbol”)
  • ® (“registered trademark symbol”)

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Japanese

Noun

○(symbol) or ○(まる) • (symbol or maru) [[Category:Japanese
|symbol]]

1. circle
2. correct, check mark, good

Antonyms

• ×

Coordinate terms

• ◎
• △

Derived terms

• ○×

Symbol

○(まる) 

1. a symbol used to thinly censor or obscure part of a term

   Micr○soft

   Micr*soft

   ち○ぽ

   chi*po

   d**k

   • 2004, 榎本年弥, 旅の指さし会話帳7 オーストラリア: オーストラリア英語‎^[1], Joho Center Publishing, →ISBN, page 122:

     prick………チ○ポコ

     prickhead………バカ野郎

     dickheadと同じく、「チン○コ頭」の意味。

Usage notes

• Often used to obscure a vulgar word, or to obscure trademarks or copyrighted terms or names. The term being targeted is usually easily recognized and purposely poorly obscured. For example, see the quotation above where a word is simultaneously censored as both チ○ポコ (“d*ck”) and チン○コ (“di*k”).

See also

• 〇: kanji zero