⚫ Meaning – Black Circle Emoji

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The image of a perfect, black circle is an emoji utilised to express multiple things. This emoji can mean a total eclipse, a black out, the pause button on a music player or it can even represent negative feelings or dislike. Black Circle Emoji can mean from “Black is beautiful.” to “Be careful! There’s a blackout tomorrow!”

The Black Circle Emoji appeared in 2005, and also known as the Dot Emoji.

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Black Circle Emoji details

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Uncode codepoint: U+26AB
Unicode name: Black Circle
Category: Symbols / Geometric Symbols
Keywords: circle, geometric
Windows Alt-code: Alt+26AB
Decimal HTML Entity: ⚫
Hex HTML Entity: ⚫
UTF-16 hex: 0x26AB
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Version: Unicode 4.1
Year: 2005 (see all emoji of 2005)

🌐 Black Circle Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	schwarzer Kreis	Ball, Kreis, schwarz
Français	disque noir	cercle, forme géométrique, géométrie, noir, rond
Русский	черный шар	геометрия, круг, фигура, черный, шар
Español	círculo negro	círculo, geometría
Italiano	cerchio nero	cerchio, geometria, nero
Português	círculo preto	círculo, geométrico
Polski	czarne koło	czarne, figura geometryczna, kółko, koło

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How to type Black Circle Emoji

There are number of methods to type Black Circle Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste ⚫ emoji

It's very easy to get Black Circle Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read ⚫ meaning and look at ⚫ pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

⚫ emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.

Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.

Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit

Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.