Technical information

Symbol
NameBallot box with check
Unicode numberU+2611
CategoryCheck marksX marksBallot box symbolsBallot box symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ☑, or U+2611, is called the "Ballot Box with Check". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. This character visually represents a square box with a check mark inside. It symbolizes a task that has been completed, an option that has been selected, or an affirmation in the affirmative in various contexts, such as voting ballots, checklists, forms, and surveys. This icon is widely used in user interfaces and digital documents to represent these concepts.

Encoding

HTML Entity☑
HTML Entity (hex)☑
URL Escape Code%E2%98%91
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x98 0x91
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011000:10010001
UTF-160x2611
UTF-320x00002611

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2611"
CSS Code\2611
JavaScript"\u2611"
Perl\x{2611}
Python 2u"\u2611"
Python 3\u2611
Ruby\u{2611}

Preview

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

Font size:

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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>&#9745;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2611";
}

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