©

See also: [U+24B8 CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C], 🄫 [U+1F12B CIRCLED ITALIC LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C], Appendix:Variations of "c", and (c)
Text style Emoji style
©︎ ©️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
© U+00A9, ©
COPYRIGHT SIGN
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[U+00A8]
Latin-1 Supplement ª
[U+00AA]

Translingual

Description

The letter C or c inside a circle.

Symbol

©

  1. Copyright on a graphic (written or visual) work.
    Synonyms: (C), (c) (ASCII representations); 🄒
    Antonym: 🅮
    Coordinate term: (for audio medium)

Usage notes

Usually put before the year(s) and the name of the copyright holder(s). This combination is called a copyright notice. For more information, see Wikipedia s.v. copyright notice.

See also

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Short of ちゃん (chan).

Suffix

©(ちゃん) • (-chan

  1. (teen girl's slang) alternative spelling of ちゃん (chan)