Symbols · Emoji 0.6
⚫️Black Circle Emoji
Generally, ⚫️ means “nothing” or “void.” It’s used to show that something isn't there, or to create a blank, serious effect.
The ⚫️ emoji is a simple black circle.
- Unicode
- U+26AB U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :black_
circle: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ⚫️ Black Circle emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
02 — Platforms
Black Circle emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+26AB — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your black circle looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Black Circle emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :black_circle:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the black circle, code point U+26AB.
04 — How to type
How to type the ⚫️ Black Circle emoji
No picker to hand? The black circle can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Black Circle emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the black circle as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Black Circle emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around black circle for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ⚫️ means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the black circle and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
08 — Apps
What ⚫️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
10 — Difference
⚫️ vs 🔴 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Black Circle
Code: U+26AB U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :black_circle:
Generally, ⚫️ means “nothing” or “void.”
Unicode name: Red Circle
Code: U+1F534 · added 2010
Shortcode: :red_circle:
Generally, the red circle means something is wrong, needs attention, or is a warning.
11 — History
Where the ⚫️ Black Circle emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
⚫️ existed there as
NTT DoCoMo E69C, KDDI au E53B.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Black Circle was approved as U+26AB U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ⚫️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ