Windows
2 options- In Word / Outlook: type 25D6 then press Alt + X.
- Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.
Left Half Black Circle
A symbol from the Geometric Shapes collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.
- Symbol
- ◖
- Unicode
- U+25D6
- HTML entity
- ◖
- Category
- Geometric Shapes
Export
Download Left Half Black Circle as a vector SVG or a raster PNG.
SVG uses the system font stack — open in any vector editor and convert to outlines if needed. PNGs have a transparent background.
25 of 48 in the geometric shapes collection
About the left half black circle symbol
Identified as the Left Half Black Circle, this symbol represents the left-hand hemisphere of a solid disk. It is categorized within the Geometric Shapes block of the Common script, functioning as a stable graphical element rather than a phonetic letter. It is typically read as its descriptive name or simply as a semicircle when encountered in text.
Users often apply this character in creative typography to build progress bars, status indicators, or decorative borders in social media bios and plain-text interfaces. In digital gaming and software development, it serves as a primitive icon to denote specific toggle states or half-moon phases. Additionally, it appears in technical diagrams or mathematical notations to illustrate directional segments and spatial symmetry within a confined grid layout.
How to type Left Half Black Circle
Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.
macOS
2 options- Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 25D6.
- Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.
Linux
1 step- Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 25D6, then press Enter or Space.
Copy in every format
Every form of this character — for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, URLs and more. Click any value to copy.
Part of the Geometric Shapes block
◖ left half black circle lives inside the Geometric Shapes Unicode block. Browse every indexed character in Geometric Shapes →
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