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U+2716 · HEAVY MULTIPLICATION X

Heavy Multiplication X

  • CodepointU+2716
  • NameHEAVY MULTIPLICATION X
  • Emoji namemultiply
  • Decimal10006
  • BlockDingbats (U+2700–U+27BF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySo — Other Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2716 (✖) is HEAVY MULTIPLICATION X, a symbol in the Dingbats block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

Its emoji name (CLDR short name) is “multiply”, in the Symbols group, subgroup math. By default it is shown as a text glyph; follow it with U+FE0F VARIATION SELECTOR-16 to request the colour emoji form (U+2716 U+FE0F), or with U+FE0E VARIATION SELECTOR-15 to force text style.

How to type ✖

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 9C 963 bytes
UTF-1627161 code unit
UTF-32000027164 bytes
HTML decimal✖
HTML hex✖
CSS\2716in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2716
JSON\u2716
Python\u2716
Python\N{HEAVY MULTIPLICATION X}by name
Java / C#\u2716
C / C++\u2716universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2716}
Go\u2716
Ruby\u2716
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(10006)
URL-encoded%E2%9C%96percent-encoded UTF-8
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Nearby in Dingbats

All in block →
U+2710✐Upper Right Pencil U+2711✑White Nib U+2712✒Black Nib U+2713✓Check Mark U+2714✔Heavy Check Mark U+2715✕Multiplication X U+2717✗Ballot X U+2718✘Heavy Ballot X U+2719✙Outlined Greek Cross U+271A✚Heavy Greek Cross U+271B✛Open Centre Cross U+271C✜Heavy Open Centre Cross