Multiply emoji ✖️
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+2716 U+FE0F
What ✖️ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Multiply ✖️ is tagged with these keywords: cancel, multiplication, sign, x.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing cancel or multiplication in the emoji search brings up ✖️.
Multiply ✖️ is one of 6 emoji in the math subgroup of symbols (224 emoji), next to ➕ ➖ ➗ 🟰.
Will ✖️ show on my friend's phone?
✖️ is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type ✖️
Any emoji picker finds ✖️ when you search for multiply.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type multiply.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type multiply in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type multiply.
Codes for developers
Multiply ✖️ is written with 2 code points: U+2716 U+FE0F. In UTF-8 it takes 6 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+2716 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ✖️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ✖️ | |
| CSS | content: "\2716 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u2716\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%9C%96%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C 96 EF B8 8F |
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 | multiply |
| Português | sinal de multiplicação |
| Español | multiplicación |
| Italiano | moltiplicazione |
| Français | signe multiplier |
| Deutsch | mal |
| Türkçe | çarpım işareti |
| Bahasa Indonesia | kali |
| Polski | znak mnożenia |
| Русский | знак умножения |
| 日本語 | 掛け算 |
| 한국어 | 곱하기 |
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What does the multiply emoji mean?
Unicode calls ✖️ "multiply" and links it with cancel, multiplication, sign, x. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the math subgroup of symbols.
When was the multiply 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 multiply emoji?
Any emoji picker finds ✖️ when you search for multiply.