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  • Do you look for a circle, or for a loop (a non-circle) ?
    – MS-SPO
    Commented Aug 15, 2023 at 15:04
  • If you want a circular arc, use the arc syntax. Commented Aug 15, 2023 at 15:13
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    Drawing a true circular arc with a curve is tedious, however with arc it is a bit annoying to figure out where the arc should start and end, depending on how you specify the circle the arc lies on. Commented Aug 15, 2023 at 15:17
  • Q679153 and its answers show a few possibilites (as part of a TikZ-CD but that's not really important). If it's okay that the arc starts exactly at the bottom and the top with a given radius, this is really easy. If you want the circle the arc lies on to go through the node's center, it gets interesting. Especially if the circle doesn't go straight to the left or the right. Can you clarify how the arc is defined? Commented Aug 15, 2023 at 15:18
  • You can create an elliptical arc. It uses a separate x and y radius and the (starting) point is given by ({\rx*cos(\t)}, {\ry*sin(\t)}) for some angle \t. In fact, \atan2(y/ry, x/rx) for point (x,y). Commented Aug 15, 2023 at 16:33