Upper Right Shadowed White Circle refers to a geometric symbol concept that fits the group of dingbat-style shapes discussed around the 2014 emoji proposal era, when many legacy symbols, bullets, arrows, and interface marks were being considered for possible emoji-style use. It was not adopted as a standard, widely supported emoji and is not part of the modern RGI emoji set used on major platforms. The idea likely appealed to people who wanted more decorative circle symbols for emphasis, voting, selection states, lists, status indicators, or playful visual punctuation in text messages. Its meaning would have depended heavily on context, ranging from an empty button or target marker to a stylized token, bubble, spotlight, or βselected but not filledβ circle.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was one of the "suggested emojis" the Unicode group unveiled in June 2014 [article], however, it has been, and still is, up to the companies who support emoji in their operating systems to provide not only images but also an algorithm to replace the emoji code into the emoji image.
