U+2718 "✘" Heavy Ballot X Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
✘
U+2718 "✘" Heavy Ballot X is a typographic symbol used to indicate a negative response, rejection, incorrectness, or cancellation, often appearing in forms, ballots, and user interface design to represent a strong or definitive "no." Unlike a standard checkmark or light cross mark, its bold weight and solid design make it visually prominent, ensuring clarity in digital and print contexts where a clear opposition or failure is being conveyed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2718 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Heavy Ballot X |
| Block | Dingbats |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ✘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ✘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9C 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2718 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002718 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2718 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |