Cross mark emoji ❌
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+274C
What ❌ means
Cross mark ❌ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: cancel, cross, mark, multiplication, multiply, x.
Those words also drive emoji search: try cancel or cross on your phone to find ❌.
On the emoji keyboard, ❌ sits with the other symbols (22 emoji) inside symbols, which has 224 emoji, for example ❎ ➰ ➿ 〽️.
Will ❌ show on my friend's phone?
❌ has been around since the very first emoji set (Emoji 0.6, 2010), so every device you can think of shows it.
How to type ❌
To find ❌ quickly, type cross mark into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type cross mark.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type cross mark in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type cross mark.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ❌ as one code point, U+274C: 3 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 1 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+274C | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ❌ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ❌ | |
| CSS | content: "\274C"; | |
| JavaScript | \u274C | |
| URL | %E2%9D%8C | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9D 8C |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ❌ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | cross mark |
| Português | xis |
| Español | marca de cruz |
| Italiano | croce |
| Français | croix |
| Deutsch | Kreuzzeichen |
| Türkçe | çarpı işareti |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tanda silang |
| Polski | znak krzyżyka |
| Русский | крестик |
| 日本語 | バツ |
| 한국어 | 엑스 표시 |
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All symbols emoji →Questions people ask
What does the cross mark emoji mean?
Unicode calls ❌ "cross mark" and links it with cancel, cross, mark, multiplication. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the other symbols subgroup of symbols.
When was the cross mark emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the cross mark emoji?
To find ❌ quickly, type cross mark into the emoji search.