The circled dot, circumpunct, or circle with a point at its centre is an ancient symbol. It can represent:
- Solar symbol
- Solar symbol, 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)
- The amputation of nipples (resembling circled dots) in Old Croghan Man bog body could had a religious meaning.
- Language and linguistics
- Bilabial clicks (International Phonetic Alphabet)
- Hwair (Gothic alphabet)
- Tha (Brāhmī script)
- Eye (Blissymbols)
- Bullseye (Unicode geometric shapes)
- Other uses
- A nazar is a circled-dot-shaped amulet believed to protect against the evil eye
- Center of pressure
- 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)