Unicode Character "✖" (U+2716)

The character ✖ (Heavy Multiplication X) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2716. It is encoded in the Dingbats 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 Heavy Multiplication X
Unicode Codepoint U+2716
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Dingbats
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+2716 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ✖
HTML (hex) ✖
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9C%96
CSS \002716
JavaScript, JSON \u2716
C, C++, Java \u2716
Python \u2716
Rust \u{2716}
Ruby \u2716

How to type "✖"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 1 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 1 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9C 0x96
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2716
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002716

References