◌⃝

⃝ U+20DD, ⃝ COMBINING ENCLOSING CIRCLE ← ◌⃜ [U+20DC] Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols ⃞ → [U+20DE]

Translingual

Symbol

◌⃝

1. (Early Cyrillic ustav manuscripts) Marks an enclosed numeral as being 10 000 times its base value.
2. (extIPA) Marks an enclosed symbol as being indistinguishable or unidentifiable.
3. A circled number ①, ②, ③, etc. represents the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. item.
   • 2013, Emily Laurence Baker, Slow New Forest: Local, characterful guides to Britain's special places (in English), Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 109:

     ④ New Forest Wildlife Park
     Deerleap Lane, Ashurst SO41 4UH Ⓣ 023 […] Ⓦ www.newforestwildlifepark.co.uk

4. A circled letter Ⓐ, Ⓑ, Ⓒ, etc. represents the Ath, Bth, Cth, etc. item.
   • 2004, Faye Berryman, Philip O'Carroll, Fitzroy Word Skills 3 Answer Book (Stories 21-30) (in English), Lai Lai Book Company, →ISBN, page 75:

     Fill each gap below. Use the word from the story.
     Ⓐ It seemed that she just didn't like her toys.
     Ⓑ But her mum answered, “I don't have time...”
     Ⓒ I really like talking.

Usage notes

• (extIPA): A circle without an enclosed letter, ⟨◯⟩, means a completely unidentifiable sound. If some feature of the sound can be identified, a wildcard or best guess may be enclosed. For example, σ⃝ is an unidentifiable syllable, C⃝ is an unidentifiable consonant, k⃝ is perhaps [k], etc. This is effectively a copyediting mark and, like other such marks, is not intentionally supported by Unicode.

Derived terms

• Ʞ⃝ (unidentified click)
• σ⃝ (unidentified syllable)

See also

• Circled letters:
  • Ⓐ (“the symbol of anarchism”)
  • Ⓣ (“indicates a phone number”)
  • Ⓦ (“indicates a website”)
  • Ⓧ (“indicates the last date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system”)
  • Ⓨ (“indicates the first date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system”)

• Intellectual property symbols:
  • © (“copyright symbol”)
  • ℗ (“sound recording copyright symbol”)
  • ® (“registered trademark symbol”)