[unassigned: U+FFEF–U+FFF8]
Translingual
Etymology
A generic circle shape.
Symbol
○
A female family member in a family tree . Compare □ ( “ a male family member in a family tree ” ) .
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
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 ” )
Japanese
Noun
○( symbol ) or ○( まる ) • (symbol or maru ) [[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160 : Invalid part of speech. |symbol]]
circle
correct , check mark , good
Antonyms
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Derived terms
Symbol
○( まる )
a symbol used to thinly censor or obscure part of a term
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