Ballot Box With Check vs Heavy Check Mark
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ☑ 2611 | ✔ 2714 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Ballot Box With Check | Heavy Check Mark |
| Category | Check Marks | Check Marks |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols | Dingbats |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2611 | 2714 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2611 | U+2714 |
| HTML Decimal | ☑ | ✔ |
| HTML Hex | ☑ | ✔ |
| CSS | \2611 | \2714 |
| JavaScript | \u{2611} | \u{2714} |
| Python | \u2611 | \u2714 |
| UTF-8 | e2 98 91 | e2 9c 94 |
How to Distinguish
Both Ballot Box With Check and Heavy Check Mark are in the Check Marks category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.