◠
Upper Half Circle
- Unicode
- U+25E0
- Category
- Geometric
- HTML Entity
- ◠
- CSS
- \25E0
The ◠ symbol, officially named the Upper Half Circle, is a geometric shape representing the top half of a standard circle. It is frequently used in mathematics to denote arcs, while typographers use it as a minimalist decorative element. On social media, you will often spot it acting as the happy, closed eyes in popular kaomoji text faces like (◠‿◠).
How to Type
- Windows
- In Word: type 25E0, then press Alt + X. Other apps have no standard Windows shortcut for it — copy it from this page
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "upper half circle"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then type 25E0
- HTML
- ◠
In Programming
While not a standard programming operator, the upper half circle is sometimes used in mathematical documentation or code comments to visually represent an arc or a semicircular path.
Tags
(◠‿◠)
arc
arc symbol
dome
dome shape
geometric
half circle
half circle top
happy eyes kaomoji
kaomoji eyes
semicircle upper
smiling eyes symbol
text face eyes
upper arc
upper semicircle