Translingual

Symbol

○

1. A female family member in a family tree. Compare □ ‎(“a male family member in family tree”).
2. A circled number ①, ②, ③, etc. represents the 1th, 2th, 3th, etc. item.
   • 2013, Emily Laurence Baker, Slow New Forest: Local, characterful guides to Britain's special places, Bradt Travel Guides, ISBN 9781841624488, page 109:

     ④ New Forest Wildlife Park
     Deerleap Lane, Ashurst SO41 4UH Ⓣ 023 […] Ⓦ www.newforestwildlifepark.co.uk

3. A circled letter Ⓐ, Ⓑ, Ⓒ, etc. represents the Ath, Bth, Cth, etc. item.
   • 2004, Faye Berryman, Philip O'Carroll, Fitzroy Word Skills 3 Answer Book (Stories 21-30), Lai Lai Book Company, ISBN 9789867240217, page 75:

     Fill each gap below. Use the word from the story.

     Ⓐ It seemed that she just didn't like her toys.

     Ⓑ But her mum answered, “I don't have time...”

     Ⓒ I really like talking.

See also

• Circled letters:
  • Ⓐ ‎(“the symbol of anarchism”)
  • Ⓣ ‎(“indicates a phone number”)
  • Ⓦ ‎(“indicates a website”)
  • Ⓧ ‎(“indicates the last date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system”)
  • Ⓨ ‎(“indicates the first date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system”)

• Intellectual property symbols:
  • © ‎(“copyright symbol”)
  • ℗ ‎(“sound recording copyright symbol”)
  • ® ‎(“registered trademark symbol”)

Japanese

Noun

○ ‎(hiragana まる, romaji maru)

1. circle
2. correct, check mark, good

Antonyms

• ×

Coordinate terms

• ◎
• △

Derived terms

• ○×

Symbol

○ ‎(hiragana まる, romaji maru)

1. a symbol used to thinly censor or obscure part of a term

   Micr○soft‎

   Micr*soft

   ち○ぽ‎

   chi**po

   pe**s

   • 2004, 榎本年弥, 旅の指さし会話帳7 オーストラリア: オーストラリア英語, Joho Center Publishing, ISBN 9784795827530, page 122:

     prick………チ○ポコ

     prickhead………バカ野郎

     dickheadと同じく、「チン○コ頭」の意味。

Usage notes

• Often used to obscure a vulgar word, or to obscure trademarks or copyrighted terms or names. The term being targeted is usually easily recognized and purposely poorly obscured. For example, see the quotation above where a word is simultaneously censored as both チ○ポコ and チン○コ.

See also

• 〇: kanji zero