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The circled dot, circumpunct, or circle with a point at its centre is an ancient symbol. It can represent: ;Solar system *Solar symbol used to represent the Sun * Solar mass (astronomy) * The sun / Gold (Alchemical symbols) * The sun / Ra (Egyptian hieroglyphs) * The sun / a day (Chinese oracle script, the modern character being 日) ;Religion and philosophy * Keter (Kabbalah) * Spirit (Ojibwa) ;Language and linguistics * Bilabial clicks (International Phonetic Alphabet) * Hwair (Gothic alphabet) * Tha (Brāhmī script) * Eye (Blissymbols) * Fisheye ◉ (Unicode Geometric Shapes) ;Other uses * A nazar is a circled-dot-shaped amulet believed to protect against the evil eye * Center of pressure * Mensuration sign for 9/8 meter * Used, or cancelled, stamp (philately) * The trademark of the Target Corporation * As a symbol of an Entered Apprentice Freemason * City centre (European road-signs) * End of trail. Gone home. (scouting) * The Symbol of "Waterhole" in the Australian Aboroginies Symbol resembles the Circumpunct * In Germany it is symbol for a "Gestempelte Briefmarke" (canceled stamp), while a star means "postfrisch" (mint Stamp) * In geometry, it is often the symbol for a circle ==See also== * ''The Lost Symbol'' - a novel by Dan Brown that uses this symbol. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Circled dot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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