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See also: ◯ [U+25EF LARGE CIRCLE], ⚬ [U+26AC MEDIUM SMALL WHITE CIRCLE], ∘ [U+2218 RING OPERATOR], and Appendix:Variations of "o"
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Translingual
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⭕︎ | ⭕️ |
Note: Character's appearance may be different on each system. Text style is forced with ︎ and emoji style with ️ |
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.
- 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:
Japanese
Etymology
Directly from 丸 'circle, circular'.
Noun
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- circle
- correct, check mark, good
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Symbol
○ or ○
- Placeholder for a kanji or kana.
- Used to indicate a space to be filled in.
- ○○が好き
- ______ ga suki
- to like ______
- Used to censor or obscure individual characters.
- セッ○ス
- sekkusu
- s*x (sex)
- 創○○会
- Sōka Gakkai
- S*k* Gak*i (Soka Gakkai)
- Micr○soft
- Micr*soft
- ち○ぽ
- chi*po
- d**k
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- prick………チ○ポコ
- prickhead………バカ野郎
- dickheadと同じく、「チン○コ頭」の意味。
- Used to indicate a space to be filled in.