Circled dot

⨀ ⊙ ☉ ◉ 𑀣 𐍈 ʘ
⨀ ⊙ ☉ ◉ 𑀣 𐍈 ʘ
Circled dot
In Unicode	U+2299 ⊙ CIRCLED DOT OPERATOR;; U+2A00 ⨀ N-ARY CIRCLED DOT OPERATOR;; U+2609 ☉ SUN; U+25C9 ◉ FISHEYE; U+11023 𑀣 BRAHMI LETTER THA ; U+10348 𐍈 GOTHIC LETTER HWAIR; U+0298 ʘ LATIN LETTER BILABIAL CLICK
Different from
Different from	U+229A ⊚ CIRCLED RING OPERATOR; U+131F3 𓇳 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N005

The circled dot, circumpunct, or circle with a point at its centre may refer to one or more of these glyphs or articles

Solar system

One of many solar symbols used to represent the Sun
U+2609 ☉ SUN (Planet symbol in astronomy)
- Gold (Alchemical symbols: planetary metals)
Gardiner N5 (U+131F3 𓇳 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N005): The sun, part of the representation of the name of Ra in Egyptian hieroglyphs. (This hieroglyph is shown conventionally with a small circle (rather than a dot) with the larger circle.
The sun / a day (Chinese oracle script, the modern character being 日)

Self in Jungian psychology: "The central dot represents the Ego whereas the Self can be said to consist of the whole with the centred dot."
Monism: "The circled dot was used by the Pythagoreans and later Greeks to represent the first metaphysical being, the Monad or The Absolute"

Bilabial clicks (U+0298 ʘ LATIN LETTER BILABIAL CLICK), a symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Hwair (U+10348 𐍈 GOTHIC LETTER HWAIR), a letter in the Gothic alphabet
Yas (U+2D59 ⵙ TIFINAGH LETTER YAS), a letter in the Tifinagh Alphabet (Berber languages)
Brāhmī letter th (U+11023 𑀣 BRAHMI LETTER THA)
Eye (Blissymbols)

The mathematical operator U+2299 ⊙ CIRCLED DOT OPERATOR represents
- the XNOR gate or
- the Hadamard product, the element wise multiplication of matrices of same size denoted by $A\odot B$
The mathematical operator U+2A00 ⨀ N-ARY CIRCLED DOT OPERATOR (see Unicode Supplemental Mathematical Operators)
In geometry, it is often the symbol for a circle

U+25C9 ◉ FISHEYE (Unicode Geometric Shapes)
- An indication of selected choice of radio button
- the application launcher key on Chromebooks (also known as the "everything key")
- In Japan, the symbol is called tainome and is a kind of typographical "bullet"

A nazar is a circled-dot-shaped amulet
Center of pressure
The musical symbol for tempus perfectum cum prolatione perfecta (U+1D1C7 𝇇 MUSICAL SYMBOL TEMPUS PERFECTUM CUM PROLATIONE PERFECTA), a Mensuration sign for ⁹
₈ meter
Used, or cancelled, stamp (philately)
The trademark of the Target Corporation
As a symbol of the phallus or nature's generative principle and of an Entered Apprentice Freemason
City centre (European road-signs)
End of trail / End of the game. Gone home. (scouting)
The Symbol of "Waterhole" (or a related concept) in Australian Aborigine Art
In Germany it is symbol for a "Gestempelte Briefmarke" (canceled stamp), while a star means "postfrisch" (mint Stamp)
In physics, it can be used to denote a vector facing out of the page
Zugzwang in chess notation

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