◒

Lower Half Black Circle

Unicode
U+25D2
Category
Geometric
HTML Entity
◒
CSS
\25D2
The Lower Half Black Circle (◒) is a geometric symbol divided horizontally, with its bottom half shaded black and the top half empty. While originally included in the Geometric Shapes Unicode block for typographical and structural use, it has found a fun second life online. Fans frequently use it on social media to represent a Poké Ball due to its striking visual resemblance.

How to Type

Windows
Alt+9682
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search "lower half black circle"
HTML
◒

In Programming

This symbol is occasionally used in command-line interfaces and text-based UI (TUI) design to create custom ASCII loading spinners or visual progress indicators.

Tags

contrast geometric half circle bottom lower half filled lower semicircle pie chart pokeball pokemon pokemon text art poké ball symbol split text pokeball

Related Symbols

■ Black Square □ White Square ▢ Rounded White Square ▣ Square Within Square ▪ Black Small Square ▫ White Small Square ▬ Black Rectangle ▭ White Rectangle ▲ Black Up Triangle △ White Up Triangle ▴ Small Black Up Triangle ▶ Black Right Triangle