Check Mark vs Multiplication X
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ✓ 2713 | ✕ 2715 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Check Mark | Multiplication X |
| Category | Check Marks | Check Marks |
| Block | Dingbats | Dingbats |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2713 | 2715 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2713 | U+2715 |
| HTML Decimal | ✓ | ✕ |
| HTML Hex | ✓ | ✕ |
| CSS | \2713 | \2715 |
| JavaScript | \u{2713} | \u{2715} |
| Python | \u2713 | \u2715 |
| UTF-8 | e2 9c 93 | e2 9c 95 |
How to Distinguish
Both Check Mark and Multiplication X belong to the Check 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.