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{{Short description|Graphic and typographic symbol}}
The '''circled dot''', '''circumpunct''', or '''circle with a point at its centre''' may refer to one or more of these [[glyph]]s or articles.
{{Infobox symbol
|mark=⨀ ⊙ ☉ ◉ 𑀣 𐍈 ʘ
|unicode= {{unichar|2299|circled dot operator}};<br />{{unichar|2A00|N-ary circled dot operator}};<br />{{unichar|2609|Sun}}<br /> {{unichar|25c9|fisheye}}<br />{{unichar|11023|Brahmi letter tha}} <br />{{unichar|10348|Gothic letter hwair|nlink=Hwair}}<br />{{unichar|0298|Latin letter bilabial click}}
|see also=
|different from = {{unichar|229A|circled ring operator}}<br />{{unichar|131F3|EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N005}}
}}
{{Contains special characters
| special    = uncommon [[Unicode]] characters
| fix        = Help:Multilingual support
| error      = [[Specials (Unicode block)#Replacement character|question marks, boxes, or other symbols]]
| characters = the intended characters
| image      = Replacement character.svg
| link       = Specials (Unicode block)#Replacement character
| alt        = <?>
| compact    = 
}}

==Solar system==
*One of many [[solar symbol]]s used to represent the [[Sun]]
* {{unichar|2609|Sun}} ([[Planet symbol]] in astronomy) 
**Gold ([[Alchemical_symbols#Seven_planetary_metals|Alchemical symbols: planetary metals]])
* [[Gardiner's sign list#N|Gardiner N5]] ({{unichar|131F3|EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N005}}): The sun, part of the representation of the name of [[Ra]] in [[Egyptian_hieroglyphs#Logograms|Egyptian hieroglyph]]s. (This hieroglyph is shown conventionally with a small circle (rather than a dot) with the larger circle.
* The sun / a day (Chinese [[oracle script]], the modern character being [[wikt:日|日]])

==Philosophy and psychology==
* [[Self in Jungian psychology]]: "The central dot represents the Ego whereas the Self can be said to consist of the whole with the centred dot."
* [[Monism]]: "The circled dot was used by the Pythagoreans and later Greeks to represent the first metaphysical being, the [[Monad (philosophy)|Monad]] or The Absolute"

==Language and linguistics==
* [[Bilabial clicks]] ({{unichar|0298|Latin letter bilabial click}}), a symbol in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]].
* ''[[Hwair]]'' ({{unichar|10348|Gothic letter hwair}}), a letter in the [[Gothic alphabet]]
* ''Yas'' ({{unichar|2D59|Tifinagh letter yas}}), a letter in the [[Tifinagh]] Alphabet ([[Berber languages]]) 
* [[Brāhmī script#Consonants|Brāhmī letter th]] ({{unichar|11023|Brahmi letter tha}})
* Eye ([[Blissymbols]])

* A brief contact (brush) of the signing hand in [[SignWriting]]

==Mathematics==
* The [[mathematical operator]] {{unichar|2299|Circled dot operator|nlink=XNOR gate}} represents 
**the [[XNOR gate]] or 
**the [[Hadamard product (matrices)|Hadamard product]], the element wise multiplication of matrices of same size denoted by <math>A \odot B</math>
* The mathematical operator {{unichar|2A00|n-ary circled dot operator}} (see Unicode [[Supplemental Mathematical Operators]])
* In geometry, it is often the symbol for a [[circle]]

==Computing==
* {{unichar|25C9|Fisheye}} (Unicode [[Geometric Shapes (Unicode block)|Geometric Shapes]]) 
** An indication of selected choice of [[radio button]]
** the [[application launcher]] key on [[Chromebook]]s (also known as the "everything key")
** In Japan, the symbol is called ''tainome'' and is a kind of [[Bullet (typography)|typographical "bullet"]]

==Other uses==
* A [[nazar (amulet)|nazar]] is a circled-dot-shaped amulet
* Center of pressure
* The [[List of musical symbols|musical symbol]] for {{lang|la|tempus perfectum cum prolatione perfecta}} ({{unichar|1D1c7|MUSICAL SYMBOL TEMPUS PERFECTUM CUM PROLATIONE PERFECTA}}), a [[Mensural notation|Mensuration sign]] for {{music|time|9|8}} meter
* Used, or cancelled, stamp ([[philately]])
* The trademark of the [[Target Corporation]]
* As a [[Freemasonry#Ritual and symbolism|Masonic symbol]]
* [[City centre]] (European road-signs)
* End of trail / End of the game. Gone home. ([[scouting]])
* The Symbol of "Waterhole" (or a related concept) in [[Indigenous_Australian_art#Symbols|Indigenous Australian Art]]
* In German stamp catalogues, it is symbol for a "Gestempelte Briefmarke" (canceled stamp), while a star means "postfrisch" (mint Stamp)
* In physics, it can be used to denote a [[Vector (mathematics and physics)|vector]] facing out of the page
* [[Zugzwang]] in chess notation

==See also==
* ''[[The Lost Symbol]]'' – a novel by [[Dan Brown]] that uses this symbol.

==References==
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