Circle symbols[○,●,◍,◗,◔,◙,⦿] in LaTeX

The blog covers some packages that will help you create circle symbols in the LaTeX document

Let’s dig in

the mathabx package to create a Circle symbol in LaTeX

\usepackage{mathabx}

$\oasterisk$
\circledbar

$\obackslash$
\obackslash

$\obot$
\obot

$\ocirc$
\ocirc

$\ocoasterisk$
\ocoasterisk

$\odiv$
\odiv

$\odot$
\odot

$\oleft$
\oleft

$\ominus$
\ominus

$\oplus$
\oplus

$\oright$
\oright

$\oslash$
\oslash

$\otimes$
\otimes

$\otop$
\otop

$\otriangleup$
\otriangleup

$\ovoid$
\ovoid

$\circlearrowleft$
\circlearrowleft

$\circlearrowright$
\circlearrowright

the txfonts package to create a Circle symbol in LaTeX

\usepackage{txfonts}

$\circledbar$
\circledbar

$\circledbslash$
\circledbslash

$\circledvee$
\circledvee

$\circledwedge$
\circledwedge

$\medbullet$
\medbullet

$\medcirc$
\medcirc

$\circleddotleft$
\circledbar

$\circleddotright$
\circleddotright

$\circleleft$
\circleleft

$\circleright$
\circleright

the latexsym package to create a Circle symbol in LaTeX

\usepackage{latexsym}

$\bigcirc$
\bigcirc

$\circ$
\circ

$\odot$
\odot

$\ominus$
\ominus

$\oplus$
\oplus

$\oslash$
\oslash

$\otimes$
\otimes

the amssymb package to create a Circle symbol in LaTeX

\usepackage{amssymb}

$\circledast$
\circledast

$\circledcirc$
\circledcirc

$\circleddash$
\circleddash

the wasysym package to create a Circle symbol in LaTeX

\usepackage{wasysym}

$\Circle$
\Circle

$\CIRCLE$
\CIRCLE

$\LEFTcircle$
\LEFTcircle

$\LEFTCIRCLE$
\LEFTCIRCLE

$\Leftcircle$
\Leftcircle

$\Rightcircle$
\Rightcircle

$\RIGHTcircle$
\RIGHTcircle

$\RIGHTCIRCLE$
\RIGHTCIRCLE

the bbding package to create a Circle symbol in LaTeX

\usepackage{bbding}

$\text{\CircleShadow}$
\Checkmark

$\text{\CircleSolid}$
\CircleSolid

$\text{\HalfCircleLeft}$
\HalfCircleLeft

$\text{\HalfCircleRight}$
\HalfCircleRight

the pifont package to create a Circle symbol in LaTeX

\usepackage{pifont}

$\text{\ding{108}}$
\ding{51}

$\text{\ding{109}}$
\ding{52}

$\text{\ding{119}}$
\ding{53}

The stmaryrd package to create a Circle symbol in LaTeX

\usepackage{stmaryrd}

$\olessthan$
\olessthan

$\varolessthan$
\varolessthan

$\varowedge$
\varowedge

$\ovee$
\ovee

$\ogreaterthan$
\ogreaterthan

$\owedge$
\owedge

$\varogreaterthan$
\varogreaterthan

$\varovee$
\varovee

The fontawesome package to create a Circle symbol in LaTeX

\usepackage{fontawesome}

$\text{\faCircle}$
\faCircle

$\text{\faCircleO}$
\faCircleO

$\text{\faCircleONotch}$
\faCircleONotch

$\text{\faDotCircleO}$
\faDotCircleO

$\text{\faCircleThin}$
\faCircleThin

$\text{\faArrowCircleDown}$
\faArrowCircleDown

$\text{\faArrowCircleLeft}$
\faArrowCircleLeft

$\text{\faArrowCircleODown}$
\faArrowCircleODown

$\text{\faArrowCircleOLeft}$
\faArrowCircleOLeft

$\text{\faArrowCircleORight}$
\faArrowCircleORight

$\text{\faArrowCircleOUp}$
\faArrowCircleOUp

$\text{\faArrowCircleRight}$
\faArrowCircleRight

$\text{\faArrowCircleUp}$
\faArrowCircleUp

$\text{\faChevronCircleDown}$
\faChevronCircleDown

$\text{\faChevronCircleLeft}$
\faChevronCircleLeft

$\text{\faChevronCircleRight}$
\faChevronCircleRight

$\text{\faChevronCircleUp}$
\faChevronCircleUp

the stix package to create a Circle symbol in LaTeX

\usepackage{stix}

$\cdotp$
\cdotp

$\cdot$
\cdot

$\vysmblkcircle$
\vysmblkcircle

$\smblkcircle$
\smblkcircle

$\mdsmblkcircle$
\mdsmblkcircle

$\mdblkcircle$
\mdblkcircle

$\mdlgblkcircle$
\mdlgblkcircle

$\lgblkcircle$
\lgblkcircle

$\vysmwhtcircle$
\vysmwhtcircle

$\smwhtcircle$
\smwhtcircle

$\mdsmwhtcircle$
\mdsmwhtcircle

$\mdwhtcircle$
\mdwhtcircle

$\mdlgwhtcircle$
\mdlgwhtcircle

$\lgwhtcircle$
\lgwhtcircle

Permanent Paper Sign
$\acidfree$
\acidfree

Inverse Bullet
$\inversebullet$
\inversebullet

Circled Latin Capital Letter R
$\circledR$
\circledR

Circled Latin Capital Letter S
$\circledS$
\circledS

Black Circle with Down Arrow
$\blackcircledownarrow$
\blackcircledownarrow

Black Circle with White Dot Right
$\blackcircledrightdot$
\blackcircledrightdot

Black Circle with Two White Dots
$\blackcircledtwodots$
\blackcircledtwodots

Circle with All But Upper Left Quadrant Black
$\blackcircleulquadwhite$
\blackcircleulquadwhite

Left Half Black Circle
$\blacklefthalfcircle$
\blacklefthalfcircle

Right Half Black Circle
$\blackrighthalfcircle$
\blackrighthalfcircle

Bullseye
$\bullseye$
\bullseye

White Bullet
$\circ$
\circ

Circle with Lower Half Black
$\circlebottomhalfblack$
\circlebottomhalfblack

Circled Bullet
$\circledbullet$
\circledbullet

White Circle with Down Arrow
$\circledownarrow$
\circledownarrow

White Circle with Dot Right
$\circledrightdot$
\circledrightdot

Circled White Star
$\circledstar$
\circledstar

White Circle with Two Dots
$\circledtwodots$
\circledtwodots

Circled White Bullet
$\circledwhitebullet$
\circledwhitebullet

Circle with Left Half Black
$\circlelefthalfblack$
\circlelefthalfblack

White Circle with Lower Left Quadrant
$\circlellquad$
\circlellquad

Combining Enclosing Circle
$\enclosecircle$
\enclosecircle

Fisheye
$\fisheye$
\fisheye

Error-Barred White Circle
$\errbarcircle$
\errbarcircle

Inverse White Circle
$\inversewhitecircle$
\inversewhitecircle

Lower Half Inverse White Circle
$\invwhitelowerhalfcircle$
\invwhitelowerhalfcircle

Upper Half Inverse White Circle
$\invwhiteupperhalfcircle$
\invwhiteupperhalfcircle

$\lgblkcircle$
\lgblkcircle

Large Circle
$\lgwhtcircle$
\lgwhtcircle

Medium Black Circle
$\mdblkcircle$
\mdblkcircle

Black Circle
$\mdlgblkcircle$
\mdlgblkcircle

$\mdsmblkcircle$
\mdsmblkcircle

$\smwhtcircle$
\smwhtcircle

Up Arrow Through Circle
$\uparrowoncircle$
\uparrowoncircle

White Circle with Lower Right Quadrant
$\circlelrquad$
\circlelrquad

Circle with Right Half Black
$\circlerighthalfblack$
\circlerighthalfblack

Circle with Upper Half Black
$\circletophalfblack$
\circletophalfblack

White Circle with Upper Left Quadrant
$\circleulquad$
\circleulquad

White Circle with Upper Right Quadrant
$\circleurquad$
\circleurquad

Circle with Upper Right Quadrant Black
$\circleurquadblack$
\circleurquadblack

Circle with Vertical Fill
$\circlevertfill$
\circlevertfill

Circle with Two Horizontal Strokes to the Right
$\cirE$
\cirE

Circle with Small Circle to the Right
$\cirscir$
\cirscir

Dotted Circle
$\dottedcircle$
\dottedcircle

Medium Small White Circle
$\mdsmwhtcircle$
\mdsmwhtcircle

Medium White Circle
$\mdwhtcircle$
\mdwhtcircle

N-Ary Circled Plus Operator
$\bigoplus$
\bigoplus

N-Ary Circled Times Operator
$\bigotimes$
\bigotimes

N-Ary Circled Dot Operator
$\bigodot$
\bigodot

Left Arrow with Circled Plus
$\leftarrowonoplus$
\leftarrowonoplus

Left Arrow with Small Circle
$\circleonleftarrow$
\circleonleftarrow

Vertical Line with Circle Above
$\cirmid$
\cirmid

Vertical Line with Circle Below
$\midcir$
\midcir

Double-Ended Multimap
$\dualmap$
\dualmap

Upwards Two-Headed Arrow from Small Circle
$\twoheaduparrowcircle$
\twoheaduparrowcircle

Up Tack with Circle Above
$\cirbot$
\cirbot

Left Multimap
$\multimapinv$
\multimapinv

Image Of
$\imageof$
\imageof

Original Of
$\origof$
\origof

Multiplication Sign In Double Circle
$\Otimes$
\Otimes

Circled Multiplication Sign with Circumflex Accent
$\otimeshat$
\otimeshat

Circled Equals
$\circledequal$
\circledequal

Circled Parallel
$\circledparallel$
\circledparallel

APL Functional Symbol Circle Stile
$\obar$
\obar

Circle with Horizontal Bar
$\circlehbar$
\circlehbar

Down Tack with Circle Below
$\topcir$
\topcir

Are you okay with the above circle symbols?

Yeah! Great. Perfect.

But I would like to change the size of the circle symbols

Is it possible?

Yes! You can, here’s an example.

First, you need to add a tikz package to your document

\usepackage{tikz}

Second, add these \newcommand lines to your document

But, why

Because we are about to create custom commands that you can use anywhere in the LaTeX document


\newcommand{\cir}[2]{\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[draw,scale=0.7,circle,{#1},{#2}] at (0,0) {}; 
\end{tikzpicture}}

Third: Now it is time to use commands

Here are the commands

Pro Tip: adjust the size of the circle with the help of scale size

\cir{scale=1.7}{}
\cir{scale=2.7}{}
\cir{scale=3.7}{}

Here are some commands to make circle dotted and dash

\cir {}{}
\cir{help lines}{}
\cir {double}{}
\cir {dashed}{}
\cir {dotted}{}
\cir {loosely dashed}{}
\cir{loosely dotted}{}
\cir {densely dotted}{}
\cir {densely dashed}{}
\cir {red}{}

Here are some more commands to color circle

\cir {cyan}{}
\cir {yellow}{}
\cir{purple}{}
\cir {fill=green}{}
\cir {fill=blue}{}
\cir {fill=violet}{}
\cir {ultra thin}{}
\cir {very thin}{}
\cir {thin}{}
\cir {semithick}{}

Here are some commands to double and thicken the circle

\cir {thick}{}
\cir {very thick}{}
\cir {ultra thick}{}
\cir {dash pattern=on 1pt off 1pt}{}
\cir {dash pattern=on 2pt off 2pt}{}
\cir {dash pattern=on 0.3pt off 0.3pt}{}
\cir {dash pattern=on 0.5pt off 0.5pt}{}
\cir {dash pattern=on 0.8pt off 0.8pt}{}
\cir {double distance=2pt}{}
\cir {double distance=3pt}{}
\cir{double distance=1pt}{}
\cir {double distance=0.5pt}{}
\cir{dash pattern=on 0.5mm off 0.1mm on 1mm off 0.2mm}{}
\cir{dash pattern=on 0.5mm off 0.1mm on 0.11mm off 0.2mm}{}

\cir{inner color=red}{draw=green}
\cir{inner color=yellow}{draw=green}
\cir{outer color=green}{}
\cir{outer color=red}{}
\cir{shading=ball}{draw=green}
\cir{top color=red}{draw=green}
\cir{top color=blue}{draw=green}
\cir{top color=red}{bottom color=violet}
\cir{bottom color=violet}{draw=green}
\cir{bottom color=magenta }{}

\cir{left color=yellow}{right color=red}
\cir{middle color=magenta}{draw=green}
\cir{shading=radial}{draw=yellow}
\cir{}{shading=radial}
\cir{shade}{draw=yellow}
\cir{inner color=red}{outer color=green}
\cir{ultra thick}{draw=yellow}
\cir{ultra thick}{draw=green}
\cir{ultra thick}{draw=blue}
\cir{double}{draw=red}
\cir{fill=yellow}{draw=red}
\cir{fill=yellow}{draw=blue}
\cir{fill=yellow}{draw=green}
\cir{fill=pink}{dotted}

Circle symbols[○,●,◍,◗,◔,◙,⦿] in LaTeX

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