Unicode Character "╳" (U+2573)

The character ╳ (Box Drawings Light Diagonal Cross) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2573. It is encoded in the Box Drawing block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ╳.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Box Drawings Light Diagonal Cross
Unicode Codepoint U+2573
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Box Drawing
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2573 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ╳
HTML (hex) ╳
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%95%B3
CSS \002573
JavaScript, JSON \u2573
C, C++, Java \u2573
Python \u2573
Rust \u{2573}
Ruby \u2573

How to type "╳"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 7 3. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 7 3. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ╳
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ╳
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ╳
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x95 0xB3
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2573
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002573

References