Cross Mark vs Heavy Ballot X
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Property Comparison
| Property | ❌ 274C | ✘ 2718 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Cross Mark | Heavy Ballot X |
| 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 | 274C | 2718 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+274C | U+2718 |
| HTML Decimal | ❌ | ✘ |
| HTML Hex | ❌ | ✘ |
| CSS | \274C | \2718 |
| JavaScript | \u{274C} | \u{2718} |
| Python | \u274c | \u2718 |
| UTF-8 | e2 9d 8c | e2 9c 98 |
How to Distinguish
Both Cross Mark and Heavy Ballot X belong to the Crosses & X Marks category and the Dingbats block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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