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See also: ◌⃝, ⚬ , ∘ , ❍ , and Appendix:Variations of "o"

○ U+25CB, ○
WHITE CIRCLE
← ◊
 		Geometric Shapes ◌ →
Character variations
￮ U+FFEE, ￮
HALFWIDTH WHITE CIRCLE
← ￭
 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms →

◯ U+25EF, ◯
LARGE CIRCLE
← ◮
 		Geometric Shapes ◰ →
Text style Emoji style
⭕︎ ⭕️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
⭕ U+2B55, ⭕
HEAVY LARGE CIRCLE
← ⭔
 		Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows ⭖ →

Translingual

Design

A generic circle shape.

Symbol

○

  1. A female family member in a family tree.
    Coordinate term: □
  2. (phonetics) An unidentifiable or indeterminate segment.
  3. (chemistry, obsolete) Oxygen (Daltonian symbol).
  4. (go) A white stone.
    Antonym: ●

Japanese

Etymology

Directly from 丸(まる) (maru, “circle”).

Noun

○(まる) • (maru) 

  1. circle
  2. correct, check mark, good

Antonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Symbol

○(まる) or ○(なに) • (maru or nani) 

  1. Placeholder for a kanji or kana.
    1. Used to indicate a space to be filled in.
      ○○が好き
      ______ ga suki
      to like ______
    2. 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
      • 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‎, 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。

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