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cross mark

Cross Mark

11/22

❌, the red X emoji, means no, wrong, or canceled — the mark a teacher puts on a bad answer. Beside in a list it just flags what failed; alone in chat it replaces a whole sentence: nope. Sent bare it lands blunt, so add a word when you only mean the idea, not the person.

EmojiSince 2010

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What ❌ means

It's a veto, a fail, or a cancel. That red X does the old school-quiz job: incorrect, called off, not this one. Next to on a list or scorecard it goes neutral — bookkeeping on the item, not a jab at whoever made it.

What does it mean when someone sends you just ❌?

It's a flat no to your last message. A lone ❌ answers what you just floated — the plan, the question, the photo — not your value as a person, though without words it feels frosty. Read it narrow, then ask for the reason; the mark gives the verdict, never the why.

Blunt and final by default — fine for marking answers, cold for answering people.

A bare ❌ can feel personal — add a word when you only mean the idea.

Part of collections

What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

Flat no — that idea is rejected

Don't confuse it with

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Combination ideas

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Asks for a quick yes-or-no answer.
Absolutely not, said with emphasis.
Right and wrong, as in a true-or-false quiz.
Shows the wrong way, then the right one.

Worth knowing

  • In the 18th and 19th centuries, Indigenous leaders signed North American treaties with an X mark, recording their presence and assent under heavy pressure — an X as a signature, not a refusal.
  • Not every X means no: on paper ballots in the UK and many other countries, you mark the candidate you choose with an X.

Questions people ask

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Is ❌ rude to send?

It can be. Bare it lands as dismissal; with a reason attached it just reads direct and clear.

Can ❌ mean a kiss, like xoxo?

No. Kisses are the plain letter x; this red mark only means no, wrong, or canceled.

Collections with ❌

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How to type or find ❌

Also called
red x · x mark
Search it as
no · wrong · incorrect · false · cancel · reject · nope · x emoji
Type it as
:x:
Around since
2010 · Emoji 0.6
Shows up on
Every phone · iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux
Windows
⊞Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “cross mark”.
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard search “cross mark”.
Chat apps
:x:Common shortcode in Slack, GitHub, Discord, Mattermost and other chat apps; a few apps use a different name.
HTML
❌
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
❌
HTML hex
❌
CSS content
content: "\274C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%9D%8C
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On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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