Check Mark
U+2713✓Symbol · decimal ✓
Check Symbols Copy & Paste
Pick from 27 check symbols and copy the exact characters. Encoded largely within Dingbats. 17 render as text and 10 as emoji.
Copy check symbols
27 characters and sequences. One tap copies the real code points.
That search returns nothing in this set.
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Check Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
A sample of 12 entries from the 27 on this page. Read the name before the shape. Each row also carries the hexadecimal and decimal HTML reference for the exact sequence.
Check Mark Button
U+2705✅Emoji or pictograph · decimal ✅
Not Check Mark
U+237B⍻Symbol · decimal ⍻
Ballot Box With Bold Check
U+1F5F9🗹Symbol · decimal 🗹
Logical Or
U+2228∨Symbol · decimal ∨
Heavy Ballot X
U+2718✘Symbol · decimal ✘
Check Mark
U+2714 U+FE0F✔ ️Emoji sequence · decimal ✔ ️
Hundred Points
U+1F4AF💯Emoji or pictograph · decimal 💯
Ballot Box With X
U+2612☒Symbol · decimal ☒
Hangzhou Numeral Five
U+3025〥Number · decimal 〥
Heavy Check Mark + Variation Selector-15
U+2714 U+FE0E✔ ︎Emoji sequence · decimal ✔ ︎
Ballot Box With Ballot
U+1F5F3🗳Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🗳
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Check Symbols: types, meanings and practical differences
Check marks communicate completion, approval and verification in lists, forms, notes and status messages.
These are the marks people reach for every day. They work almost anywhere. The page carries 27 distinct entries: 23 single characters and 4 sequences.
Representative names include Check Mark, Check Mark Button, Not Check Mark, Ballot Box With Bold Check. The commonest name families across the whole inventory are Ballot Box With (5), Heavy Check Mark (3), Check Mark (2). Single-character values span U+221A to U+1F5F9.
Browse check symbols by type
Symbol
14 entries
Emoji or pictograph
7 entries
Emoji sequence
3 entries
Number
2 entries
Text sequence
1 entry
Counted from the stored set
Encoded span for check symbols
Single-character entries cover U+221A to U+1F5F9, breaking down by general category as symbol 21, number 2.
How the official names cluster
Sorting every formal name puts Ballot Box With (5), Heavy Check Mark (3), Check Mark (2) at the top.
How the multi-part entries are built
Of the sequences, 0 rely on a zero-width joiner and 4 on a variation selector; 2 code points is the longest single entry.
How to choose the right form
Watch out for Ballot Box With Bold Check next to Ballot Box With X. They are different characters: U+1F5F9 and U+2612. Symbol is the safe default at 14 entries.
Only reach for text sequence when the narrower sense is the point. Colour or no colour is the first choice: 10 emoji, 17 plain. Then paste it where it will live and look at it.
These are grouped by what people use them for. Unicode's own categories may split them differently.
14Symbol
Monochrome characters you can style like text. 52% here.
7Emoji or pictograph
Colour artwork, supplied by the platform. 26% here.
3Emoji sequence
Multi-code-point emoji held together by joiners. 11% here.
2Number
Digits and numeric variants. 7% here.
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Check Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
You can copy any of the 27 check symbols below. Most of them, 14 in all, are symbol. Unicode keeps most of them in a group called Dingbats. Watch the 10 emoji. Unlike the 17 plain ones, you cannot change how they look.
5 groups, not one list
They split into symbol, emoji or pictograph and emoji sequence. Symbol leads with 14.
Encoding, and why coverage varies
They come from Dingbats (11), Miscellaneous Symbols (5) and Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (4). Across U+221A to U+1F5F9, support gets patchy at the newer end.
Two that look alike
Compare Ballot Box With Bold Check with Ballot Box With X. Same shape, different code point.
4 entries are sequences
4 use more than one character. Copy the whole thing or it breaks.
Key words and ideas
The vocabulary below comes from the formal names and groupings of these check symbols.
- Symbol
- Emoji or pictograph
- Emoji sequence
- Number
- Text sequence
- Check
- Tick
- Checkbox
- Correct
- Done
- Verified
- Mark
A quick choice checklist
- Match the meaning. Start with symbol when that group fits your message.
- Read the name. Compare Check Mark with Check Mark Button before you pick by shape.
- Test the result. Paste the full value into the app, document, or profile where it will appear.
Check marks separate completion, selection and verification
A tick can confirm a finished task, while a checkbox represents a control or state. Neither automatically proves identity or official approval.
| Form | Useful meaning | Interface requirement |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ / ✔ | Completed, correct or acknowledged | Add a word such as Complete or Passed when status matters. |
| ☐ / ☑ | Unchecked and checked box states | Use a real form control for interactive input, not copied text alone. |
| ✅ | Pictorial confirmation | Expect colorful artwork and a taller line box on many platforms. |
| √ | Mathematical square root | Do not use it as a check mark inside equations or technical data. |
Practical note: A check icon should not imitate platform verification, certification or a security guarantee. State who performed the check and what criterion was met.
Keep exploring this topic
Compare these choices with warning symbols and bullet point symbols. For a deeper explanation, read Accessible Symbol Use in Websites and Documents. If one question is enough, read are unicode symbols accessible to screen readers?.
Tip: Keep the plain words next to the symbol. Text is what makes a design searchable and readable to someone using a screen reader.
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How to use check symbols
One click copies the characters themselves, not a picture of them. Use Ctrl V on Windows and Linux, ⌘ V on a Mac, or long-press and Paste on a phone.
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Profile names and short captions
Check Mark is the safe pick here. Let the words beside it carry the meaning.
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Lists, labels and status notes
When handling lists, labels and status notes, the 14 symbol entries are the obvious pool, and let visual weight settle the final choice.
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Cards, invitations and informal messages
When creating cards, invitations and informal messages, paste the complete entry — several of these are multi-code-point sequences that break if truncated.
Copy-ready check symbols examples for profile names and short captions
Profile names and short captions
✓ Check referenceLists, labels and status notes
✓ ✔ ✅Cards, invitations and informal messages
✅ check ✓05
Keyboard entry for check symbols
You do not have to copy. Each code point below doubles as a keyboard code — decimal for a Windows alt code, hexadecimal for Word and macOS.
| Character | Name | Windows | Hex | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✓ | Check Mark | Alt 10003 | 2713 | ✓ |
| ✅ | Check Mark Button | Alt 9989 | 2705 | ✅ |
| ⍻ | Not Check Mark | Alt 9083 | 237B | ⍻ |
| 🗹 | Ballot Box With Bold Check | Not available | 1F5F9 | 🗹 |
| ∨ | Logical Or | Alt 8744 | 2228 | ∨ |
| ✘ | Heavy Ballot X | Alt 10008 | 2718 | ✘ |
The alt-code route requires a real keypad and cannot address anything above U+FFFF. 4 entries here sit above that ceiling. A further 4 are sequences, which no shortcut reproduces — copy those instead. Each platform's method is spelled out in the keyboard guide.
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How check symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
Most of these live in one place: Dingbats holds 55% of them. The rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs. You get two behaviours here.
17 are plain text. The other 10 are emoji, so the system picks their colour, not you. Unicode files the emoji ones under Symbols and Smileys & Emotion.
4 are built from more than one character. Copy the whole thing, or it breaks apart. The newest here arrived in Emoji 0.6.
Older phones show a blank box instead.
The clipboard carries code points, not the drawing on this page, so weight, spacing and colour can all shift between iPhone, Android, Windows, macOS and an exported PDF.
23Single characters
4Sequences
10Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with check symbols
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Mixing up Check Mark and Check Mark Button.
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Assuming all 27 behave the same way in every font.
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Copying only part of one of the 4 multi-code-point sequences instead of the whole value.
- 4
Reaching for one of the 10 emoji entries where a text mark was needed, so the colour artwork clashes with the surrounding type.
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Check Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between Ballot Box With Bold Check and Ballot Box With X?+
U+1F5F9 is Ballot Box With Bold Check; U+2612 is Ballot Box With X. Because the encoded identity differs, substituting one for the other can change what a reader or a piece of software understands.
What is the HTML code for check mark?+
Either reference works: ✓ or ✓. Both resolve to ✓. Pasting the raw character is fine too once the document is UTF-8.
Which check symbols work as plain text rather than emoji?+
Look for the 17 non-emoji entries. Those behave like letters — style them, colour them, put them in a heading. The 10 emoji entries are drawn by the operating system instead.
Why does one of these check symbols split apart when I paste it?+
4 entries here are sequences of more than one code point. If the destination does not support the sequence, or if the copy was truncated, the parts render individually. Copy the entry with the button rather than by selecting the characters.
Which Unicode block are these check symbols in?+
Dingbats holds most of them — 11 characters; the rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs. That matters because a font either supports a block broadly or barely at all.
Will these check symbols work on older phones?+
The newest entry on this page was introduced in Emoji 0.6. Devices that have not received a font update since then will show a blank rectangle instead. Test on a real older device before using a recent character where the meaning matters.
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Learn more about check symbols
Two tools worth knowing about
Popular marks usually end up beside a name or a short label, so the text converters are the tools that pair with them.
Bubble Text ConverterTurn ordinary letters and numbers into enclosed Unicode characters for short labels and profile text.Open the text converter →Upside-Down Text ConverterReverse and substitute letters to make playful upside-down text, then test the result in its final app.Open the text converter →
Pair a check symbol with styled letters in the Symbol Maker. Seven browser-based utilities are collected in the Unicode tools hub, which explains which one fits which job.
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Where this data comes from
These 27 entries are measured, not sampled or approximated. Formal names and categories come straight from the Unicode 17.0 database, with emoji status taken from the published emoji data rather than judged by eye.
- Unicode Character Database — UnicodeData.txt (formal names and general categories)
- Unicode emoji-test.txt (fully-qualified emoji sequences and grouping)
- The Unicode Standard, current version
- How CoolSymbol.now sources, counts and tests this data