Ballot X vs Outlined Greek Cross
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ✗ 2717 | ✙ 2719 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Ballot X | Outlined Greek Cross |
| Category | Crosses & X Marks | Crosses & X Marks |
| Block | Dingbats | Dingbats |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2717 | 2719 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2717 | U+2719 |
| HTML Decimal | ✗ | ✙ |
| HTML Hex | ✗ | ✙ |
| CSS | \2717 | \2719 |
| JavaScript | \u{2717} | \u{2719} |
| Python | \u2717 | \u2719 |
| UTF-8 | e2 9c 97 | e2 9c 99 |
How to Distinguish
Both Ballot X and Outlined Greek Cross belong to the Crosses & X Marks category and the Dingbats block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.