What ❎ means
It rules something out or marks it as incorrect.
Read this X button against whatever sits beside it: an option in a list, an answer in a quiz, a plan someone floated. If you are turning down a friend’s suggestion, add a few words instead of letting the symbol deliver the whole refusal.
Functional in lists; potentially curt in conversation.
Sent alone, it can sound like a dismissal.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsReply to a proposed plan
No to that suggestion.
Beside an answer in a quiz
That answer is incorrect.
Don't confuse it with
1Combination ideas
1Yes/no or correct/incorrect choices shown together.
Worth knowing
- ❎ is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.
Questions people ask
1Why is the X emoji green?
Artwork, not a different meaning. Many emoji sets draw ❎ as a white cross on a green square to match ✅; the colour isn’t standardized. Read it as a no, not a yes.
How to type ❎
Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “cross mark button”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “cross mark button”.
Chat apps
:negative_squared_cross_mark:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.HTML
❎Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
❎
HTML hex
❎
CSS content
content: "\274E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%9D%8E
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.