Technical information

Symbol
NameCross mark
Unicode numberU+274C
CategoryX marks
DescriptionThe Unicode character ❌, or U+274C, is known as the "Cross Mark". It belongs to the "Dingbats" block, which contains various symbols, arrows, and ornamental marks. This character falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, it represents a bold or "heavy" X shape. This symbol is often used in digital communications and interfaces to denote a negative response, error, cancellation, or incorrect answer. It serves as a universal symbol for "no" or "wrong" and is also used to indicate that something is not allowed or not available. Furthermore, it can be used in forms, checklists, or as a visual shorthand in various other contexts. As with other characters, the specific usage of the Cross Mark can depend on its context.

Encoding

HTML Entity❌
HTML Entity (hex)❌
URL Escape Code%E2%9D%8C
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9D 0x8C
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011101:10001100
UTF-160x274C
UTF-320x0000274C

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u274C"
CSS Code\274C
JavaScript"\u274C"
Perl\x{274C}
Python 2u"\u274C"
Python 3\u274C
Ruby\u{274C}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ❌ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

12px
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48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#10060;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\274C";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References