Circle inside a circle character. What is it?

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So I started playing Steins;Gate in Japanese the other day. And in one of the Tips about a character from the 雷ネット翔 , キラリちゃん is described as

頭が良くて、スポーツ万能。しかもカワイくて性格も〇

(But inside of 〇 is another circle...)

I don't know how to pronounce it and what it means...

I read that as 抜群、ばつぐん. – Ken Y-N Sep 01 '20 at 07:09 — Ken Y-N, Sep 01 '20 at 07:09

Rond de Chapeau · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-31T22:15:16.813

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After doing some investigation, it seems that there are two Unicode characters which are made of a circle inside another circle:

◎ U+25CE BULLSEYE
⭗ U+2B57 HEAVY CIRCLE WITH CIRCLE INSIDE

In this Japanese context, only the first one ◎ appears to be appropriate (Wiktionary), since it is known as 二重丸【にじゅうまる】 and is defined as 「とても良いことを示す記号。」, which suggests that it is indeed a stronger (double) variation of the more commonly used symbol ○ 丸【まる】「良いことを示す記号。」(Wiktionary).

So, 性格も◎ can probably be understood as something like "very good character too"...

edited Aug 31 '20 at 22:15

answered Aug 31 '20 at 20:04

Rond de Chapeau

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How would I read that? – Simon Richter Sep 01 '20 at 09:04
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@SimonRichter にじゅうまる as above. – broccoli facemask Sep 01 '20 at 09:44
@broccolifacemask-cloth, even in a sentence like in the OP's picture? – Simon Richter Sep 01 '20 at 12:28
@SimonRichter Yes, that's what I'm used to do. – broccoli facemask Sep 02 '20 at 01:23

Circle inside a circle character. What is it?

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