Technical information

Symbol
NameNegative squared cross mark
Unicode numberU+274E
CategoryX marks
DescriptionThe Unicode character ❎, or U+274E, is known as the "Negative Squared Cross Mark". It belongs to the "Dingbats" block and is categorized under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. Visually, this character is a bold, angular X or cross mark enclosed within a square. It's commonly used in digital and printed media to signify a negative response, disagreement, rejection, or error. Just like other emojis or symbols, the exact design of this character may vary between different fonts and systems, but its general interpretation remains the same.

Encoding

HTML Entity❎
HTML Entity (hex)❎
URL Escape Code%E2%9D%8E
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9D 0x8E
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011101:10001110
UTF-160x274E
UTF-320x0000274E

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u274E"
CSS Code\274E
JavaScript"\u274E"
Perl\x{274E}
Python 2u"\u274E"
Python 3\u274E
Ruby\u{274E}

Preview

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

Font size:

12px
16px
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28px
36px
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>&#10062;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\274E";
}

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