Technical information

Symbol
NameCheck mark
Unicode numberU+2713
CategoryCheck marks
DescriptionThe Unicode character ✓, or U+2713, is named "Check Mark". It is part of the "Dingbats" block, which consists of ornamental symbols that don't fit into other categories. This character falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, it represents a mark made by a single stroke, starting from the bottom and moving up and to the right, often used to indicate correctness, completion, or affirmative response. In many cultures and contexts, the check mark is commonly used to denote that a task has been completed, a box has been ticked, or a statement is correct or has been approved. This versatile symbol has numerous uses in lists, forms, and interfaces across a wide range of applications, and its specific meaning can vary based on context.

Encoding

HTML Entity✓
HTML Entity (hex)✓
HTML Entity (named)
URL Escape Code%E2%9C%93
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9C 0x93
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011100:10010011
UTF-160x2713
UTF-320x00002713

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2713"
CSS Code\2713
JavaScript"\u2713"
Perl\x{2713}
Python 2u"\u2713"
Python 3\u2713
Ruby\u{2713}

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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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>&#10003;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2713";
}

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