\begin{tikzpicture} \tikzstyle{myPoint}=[draw=black, fill=DARCblue, radius=0.03]; \tikzstyle{complexNumber}=[draw=DARCgray, fill=white, minimum width=25, minimum height=0.2, rounded corners=1, font=\tiny, inner sep=1]; \def\deltaX{0.2} \def\deltaY{0.1} \begin{axis}[ axis lines=center, width=3in, height=3in, scale only axis, yticklabel={}, ytick={}, xticklabel={}, xtick distance=5*360, xmajorgrids, xtick style={color=DARCblue}, scaled ticks=false, clip=false, xlabel={$I$},xlabel style={anchor=north}, ylabel={$Q$}, ylabel style={anchor=east}, title=8QAM, xmin=-1.3, xmax=1.3, ymin=-1.3, ymax=1.3, axis line style={-Triangle} ] \addplot [ draw=DARCgray, domain=-1:1, samples=500 ] { sqrt(1-x*x)}; % oberer Halbkreis r=1 \addplot [ draw=DARCgray, domain=-1:1, samples=500 ] {-sqrt(1-x*x)}; % unterer Halbkreis r=1 \addplot [ draw=DARCgray, domain=-0.5:0.5, samples=500 ] { sqrt(0.25-x*x)}; % oberer Halbkreis r=0,5 \addplot [ draw=DARCgray, domain=-0.5:0.5, samples=500 ] {-sqrt(0.25-x*x)}; % unterer Halbkreis r=0,5 \draw[myPoint] ( 1, 0) circle; \node [complexNumber] at (axis cs: 1+\deltaX, 0+\deltaY) {1 | 0°}; \draw[myPoint] ( 0, 1) circle; \node [complexNumber] at (axis cs: 0+\deltaX, 1+\deltaY) {1 | 90°}; \draw[myPoint] (-1, 0) circle; \node [complexNumber] at (axis cs: -1-\deltaX, 0+\deltaY) {1 | 180°}; \draw[myPoint] ( 0, -1) circle; \node [complexNumber] at (axis cs: 0+\deltaX, -1-\deltaY) {1 | 270°}; \draw[myPoint] ( 0.35355339059, 0.35355339059) circle; \node [complexNumber] at (axis cs: 0.35355339059+\deltaX, 0.35355339059+\deltaY) {0,5 | 45°}; \draw[myPoint] ( -0.35355339059, 0.35355339059) circle; \node [complexNumber] at (axis cs: -0.35355339059-\deltaX, 0.35355339059+\deltaY) {0,5 | 45°}; \draw[myPoint] ( -0.35355339059, -0.35355339059) circle; \node [complexNumber] at (axis cs: -0.35355339059-\deltaX, -0.35355339059-\deltaY) {0,5 | 45°}; \draw[myPoint] ( 0.35355339059, -0.35355339059) circle; \node [complexNumber] at (axis cs: 0.35355339059+\deltaX, -0.35355339059-\deltaY) {0,5 | 45°}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture}