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U+2297 · CIRCLED TIMES

Circled Times

  • CodepointU+2297
  • NameCIRCLED TIMES
  • Decimal8855
  • BlockMathematical Operators (U+2200–U+22FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySm — Math Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2297 (⊗) is CIRCLED TIMES, a mathematical symbol in the Mathematical Operators block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

It has standardized variation sequences that request a specific glyph shape: U+2297 U+FE00 — with white rim. See variation selectors.

How to type ⊗

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 8A 973 bytes
UTF-1622971 code unit
UTF-32000022974 bytes
HTML named⊗named character reference
HTML named⊗named character reference
HTML decimal⊗
HTML hex⊗
CSS\2297in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2297
JSON\u2297
Python\u2297
Python\N{CIRCLED TIMES}by name
Java / C#\u2297
C / C++\u2297universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2297}
Go\u2297
Ruby\u2297
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8855)
URL-encoded%E2%8A%97percent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

U+2A02⨂N-Ary Circled Times Operator
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Nearby in Mathematical Operators

All in block →
U+2291⊑Square Image of or Equal to U+2292⊒Square Original of or Equal to U+2293⊓Square Cap U+2294⊔Square Cup U+2295⊕Circled Plus U+2296⊖Circled Minus U+2298⊘Circled Division Slash U+2299⊙Circled Dot Operator U+229A⊚Circled Ring Operator U+229B⊛Circled Asterisk Operator U+229C⊜Circled Equals U+229D⊝Circled Dash