Heavy Ballot X vs Open Centre Cross
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Property Comparison
| Property | ✘ 2718 | ✛ 271B |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Heavy Ballot X | Open Centre 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 | 2718 | 271B |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2718 | U+271B |
| HTML Decimal | ✘ | ✛ |
| HTML Hex | ✘ | ✛ |
| CSS | \2718 | \271B |
| JavaScript | \u{2718} | \u{271B} |
| Python | \u2718 | \u271b |
| UTF-8 | e2 9c 98 | e2 9c 9b |
How to Distinguish
Both Heavy Ballot X and Open Centre 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.