©

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 ← ¨ [U+00A8] Latin-1 Supplement ª → [U+00AA]

Translingual

Description

The letter C or c inside a circle.

Symbol

©

1. A copyright on a graphic (written or visual) work.

   Synonyms: (C), (c) (ASCII representations)

   Antonym: 🅮

   Coordinate term: ℗ (for audio medium)

Usage notes

• Usually placed 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

• c(ちゃん) (chan)

Etymology

Short of ちゃん (chan).

Suffix

©(ちゃん) • (-chan) 

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

Related terms

• s(さん) (san)