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Technical information
| Symbol | ☓ | |
| Name | Saltire | |
| Unicode number | U+2613 | |
| Category | X marks | |
| Description | The Unicode character ☓, or U+2613, is known as the "Saltire". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. The character is a graphic representation of a diagonal cross, also known as a Saint Andrew's Cross, which consists of a diagonal cross (an "X") that extends to the edges of the space it occupies. The saltire is a significant symbol in heraldry and flag design, being notably present in the flags of Scotland and Jamaica. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ☓ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ☓ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%98%93 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x98 0x93 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10011000:10010011 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2613 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002613 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2613" | |
| CSS Code | \2613 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2613" | |
| Perl | \x{2613} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2613" | |
| Python 3 | \u2613 | |
| Ruby | \u{2613} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ☓ in sentence and in bold like this ☓ and in italic like this ☓.
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Font size:
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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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HTML Forms and Input
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>☓</span>
span {
content: "\2613";
}The symbol in different fonts
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana