Dotted circle
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dotted circle | |
| U+25CC ◌ DOTTED CIRCLE |
In Unicode, the dotted circle (◌) is a non-significant typographic character used to illustrate the effect of a combining mark, such as a diacritic mark.[1][citation needed] It can also be used to indicate a spot where a character ought to be, but it is seldom used for anything else.[clarification needed]
Illustration
[edit]A Unicode combining mark combines with a preceding character. When used as stand-alone, it would combine unintentionally with a preceding character (possibly a space):
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- Diacritic ̒ used alone between regular spaces
- Diacritic ◌̒ used after a character
Using the generic dotted circle character also shows the relative positioning of the diacritic.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chapter 17. About the Code Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. Version 6.2. Unicode, Inc. 2012-09-26. p. 273. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
Combining characters are shown with a dotted circle. […] the relative position of the dotted circle indicates an […] approximate location of the base character in relation to the combining mark. […]
See also
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| In Early Cyrillic | |
| In Indic | |
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| Marks used as diacritics |
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| In Unicode |
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