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heavy ballot x

Heavy Ballot X

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✘ is a bold cross mark. In a box on an election ballot, it often marks a chosen candidate depending on local voting rules, whereas in checklists, grading, and everyday text, it typically signals an error, cancellation, or rejection. The label “heavy” refers strictly to its bold typographic weight, not a separate kind of vote.

Text symbol

What ✘ means

✘ is the heavy ballot x. Unicode classifies it as an “other symbol” — Unicode's shelf for signs that are neither maths, money nor punctuation and files it in the Dingbats block; this site shelves it under Stars & signs.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

✘ is a single code point, U2718. In HTML that is ✘, and in CSS \2718.

Part of collections

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Don't confuse it with

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✕
Multiplication X
✕ is the multiplication X character, distinct from the standard mathematical multiplication sign ×; ✘ is the heavy cross mark designed for voting or visual emphasis.
✖
Multiply
✖ is the heavy multiplication X with straight, even strokes; ✘ is a heavy ballot mark drawn in a hand-written style.
❌
Cross Mark
❌ is the red emoji cross mark; ✘ is a black text ballot X.

Combination ideas

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Bold yes and no, pass or fail
Hard no, I disagree
Three strikes, you're out
Marks a test or task that failed

Questions people ask

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Why does ✘ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

Collections with ✘

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👍Yes, No & OK Emoji63 symbols😎Cool Emoji156 symbols✍️Writing & Notes Emoji91 symbols🎮Gaming Emoji160 symbols⚠️Warning & Prohibited Emoji62 symbols⌨️Terminal Symbols & Emoji277 symbols꧁Nickname Symbols140 symbols🖤Goth & Emo Symbols135 symbols📌Discord Symbols237 symbols📸Instagram Symbols267 symbols🎵TikTok Symbols & Emoji270 symbols𝕏X (Twitter) Symbols247 symbols💼LinkedIn Symbols & Emoji257 symbols🧱Roblox Symbols248 symbolsツFortnite Symbols321 symbols⛏️Minecraft Symbols258 symbols🕹️Steam Symbols294 symbols🎮Xbox Gamertag Symbols267 symbols

How to type or find ✘

Search it as
ballot X · heavy X · cross mark · rejection mark · wrong mark · vote mark
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2718, then AltX to get ✘.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “heavy ballot x”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2718, then Enter or Space.
HTML
✘
CSS
\2718
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
✘
HTML hex
✘
CSS content
content: "\2718";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%9C%98
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.

Families this belongs to

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Stars & signs805 symbols

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Dingbats221 symbols

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