Dotted circle

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In Unicode, the dotted circle (◌) is a non-significant typographic character used to illustrate the effect of a combining mark, such as a diacritic mark.^{[1][citation needed]} It can also be used to indicate a spot where a character ought to be, but it is seldom used for anything else.^{[clarification needed]}