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Technical information

Symbol	×
Name	Multiplication sign
Unicode number	U+00D7
Category	Latin-1 Supplement 6. Mathematical operator X marks

Description

The Unicode character ×, or U+00D7, is known as the "Multiplication Sign". It is part of the "Latin-1 Supplement" block, which contains various punctuation marks, additional vowels, and other signs for several languages based on Latin. This character falls under the "Symbol, Math" category. Visually, it appears as a small cross, similar to a lowercase "x", but with shorter and more symmetrical arms. In mathematics, the multiplication sign is used to denote the multiplication operation between two or more quantities. It is used across a wide range of fields, including mathematics, physics, engineering, and computer science. Note that in some contexts, especially algebraic ones, the asterisk (*) or dot (·) can be used as a multiplication sign to avoid confusion with the variable x.

Encoding

HTML Entity	×
HTML Entity (hex)	×
HTML Entity (named)	×
URL Escape Code	%C3%97
UTF-8 (hex)	0xC3 0x97
UTF-8 (binary)	1100001110010111
UTF-16	0x00D7
UTF-32	0x000000D7

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u00D7"
CSS Code	\00D7
JavaScript	"\u00D7"
Perl	\x{00D7}
Python 2	u"\u00D7"
Python 3	\u00D7
Ruby	\u{00D7}

Preview

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

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HTML Forms and Input

input

disabled input

input-group

select

button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#215;</span>

span {
    content: "\00D7";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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