\documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \tikzset{ cross/.style={path picture={\draw[black] (path picture bounding box.south east) -- (path picture bounding box.north west) (path picture bounding box.south west) -- (path picture bounding box.north east);}} } \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (-2.25,0) node[left] {$\varphi_a$} -- (2.25,0) node[right] {$\varphi_b$}; \draw[->,yshift=5pt] (-2,0) -- (-1,0) node[midway,above] {$p_1$}; \draw[->,yshift=5pt] (1,0) -- (2,0) node[midway,above] {$p_2$}; \draw[fill=white,cross] (0,0) circle (0.2) node[above=5pt] {$\partial_t R_{k,ab}(p_1,p_2)$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}