= basic symbol for speed limit • forms a game tally pair with 274C ❌ → 25EF ◯ large circle ⁓ 2B55 FE0E text style ⁓ 2B55 FE0F emoji style
Information
The hollow red circle is the internet’s bright red highlighter ring—perfect for shouting “look here!” without saying a word. Think teacher’s red pen meets detective yarn wall: people drop it to spotlight receipts, circle key details in screenshots, or mark the exact spot where the drama began. In Japanese culture it channels the maru vibe (⭕ = correct/yes), so paired with ❌ it instantly becomes an O/X quiz, a yes-no poll, or a pass-fail stamp. It can also read as “target,” “ring,” or “not recording” (since the filled red dot is the record button), which fuels playful or ironic captions.
On Apple devices it appears as a bold, cherry-red ring with a thick outline, smooth gradients, and a clean white center—crisp geometry that screams “circled on purpose.” It’s the go-to for calling attention in memes (hello, YouTube thumbnail red circle energy), group chats (“circle back to this”), and TikTok quizzes where O means you nailed it. Used flirtatiously, it can be a coy “big yes,” and used sarcastically it’s the dramatic “⭕ sure, Jan” of emojis. Bonus associations: tic-tac-toe O, hula hoop jokes, and the universal urge to circle stuff in red like you’re grading the timeline.
Definition
Its a tic-tac-toe O damn it! Paired with the Cross Mark coming up! A perfect red O for playing tic-tac-toe. iEmoji old name: Tic Tac Toe O.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
700 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:o:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Heavy Large Circle
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
Unicode Range
2B00–2BFF
Unicode Subcategory
Traffic Sign from ARIB STD B24
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Miscellaneous
Names & Annotations
HEAVY LARGE CIRCLE = ARIB-9032 * forms a pair with CROSS MARK * also used to mean good, correct or approved x (white circle - 25CB) x (large circle - 25EF) x (heavy circle - 2B58) Temporary Notes: good; OK, approved; O in tic tac toe; disunified from ○ U+25CB WHITE CIRCLE because of Shift-JIS source separation
Symbol Information
⭕ U+2B55 unified (Unicode 5.2)
Proposal Identifier
e-B44
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#99 'Full moon' 満月 U+E6A0 SJIS-F944 JIS-7E24
KDDI
#422 ○ U+EAAD SJIS-F381 JIS-7961
Softbank
#371 #old320 ○ U+E332 SJIS-F9D2
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
⭕
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
⭕
Decimal HTML Entity
⭕
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
⭕
Hex Code Point(s)
2b55
Formal Unicode Notation
U+2B55
Decimal Code Point(s)
11093
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0xAD 0x95
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 AD 95
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 255 225
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x2B55
UTF-16 Hex
2b55
UTF-16 Dec
11093
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x00002B55
UTF-32 Hex
2B55
UTF-32 Dec
11093
Python Src
u"\u2B55"
PHP Src
"\xe2\xad\x95"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u2B55"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
⭕️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
⭕️
Decimal HTML Entity
⭕ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
⭕ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
2b55, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+2B55, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
11093, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0xAD 0x95, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 AD 95, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 255 225, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x2B55, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
2b55, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
11093, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x00002B55 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
2B55, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
11093, 65039
Python Src
u"\u2B55\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\xad\x95\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u2B55\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
