Black Circle vs White Bullet
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ● 25CF | ◦ 25E6 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Circle | White Bullet |
| Category | Circles & Dots | Circles & Dots |
| Block | Geometric Shapes | Geometric Shapes |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 25CF | 25E6 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+25CF | U+25E6 |
| HTML Decimal | ● | ◦ |
| HTML Hex | ● | ◦ |
| CSS | \25CF | \25E6 |
| JavaScript | \u{25CF} | \u{25E6} |
| Python | \u25cf | \u25e6 |
| UTF-8 | e2 97 8f | e2 97 a6 |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Circle and White Bullet belong to the Circles & Dots category and the Geometric Shapes block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.