• forms a game tally pair with 2B55 ⭕ → 00D7 × multiplication sign
Information
Across the internet, ❌ does the heavy lifting for “that ain’t it, chief” and snap reactions to cringe, and it’s the big red overlay on TikTok or YouTube thumbnails flagging what to avoid. Stack two or three ❌ to dial up the theatrics; used flirtatiously, it can teasingly mean “no kisses for you today,” or set a playful boundary. Don’t confuse it with the 🚫 prohibited sign (that’s “not allowed”); ❌ reads more as “incorrect/wrong/stop this.” Its offline echoes are game-show buzzers, error pop-ups, and the X a bouncer marks on your hand—pure, instant rejection energy.
On Apple/iOS, it shows up as a chunky, candy-apple red X with rounded ends and a glossy gradient, like a little 3D sticker. The strokes are thick and perfectly balanced in a saltire, with a subtle shine that makes it jump off the screen. It’s got the vibe of a giant close-window button or the teacher’s red pen, digitized—bright, loud, and unapologetically “nope,” so you can spot it at a glance in any block of text.
The cross mark itself is that bold red X that shouts nope, wrong, denied—the internet’s buzzer in emoji form. Drop it in a chat to swat down a bad take, cast a “no” in a poll alongside a ✅, or stamp something as a certified fail. It thrives on dramatic refusals (“❌ not me, not today”), sarcastic quote-tweets, and those moments when someone pitches pineapple on pasta and you need visual enforcement. You’ll also see it in checklists to mean “not done” or “fails the vibe check,” and in memes labeling exactly what not to try at home.
Definition
Hey look it's a tic-tac-toe X. Let play! A perfect red X for playing tic-tac-toe. iEmoji old name: Tic Tac Toe X.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
76 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:x:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Dingbats
Unicode Range
2700–27BF
Unicode Subcategory
Miscellaneous
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Miscellaneous
Names & Annotations
CROSS MARK * forms a pair with 2B55 heavy large circle Temporary Notes: bad; NO GOOD, not approved; X in tic tac toe. disunified from ✕ U+2715
Symbol Information
U+274C proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B45
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[×]
KDDI
#61 バツ１ 「batsu１」 U+E550 SJIS-F76C JIS-774D
Softbank
#372 #old321 × U+E333 SJIS-F9D3
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
❌
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
❌
Decimal HTML Entity
❌
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
❌
Hex Code Point(s)
274c
Formal Unicode Notation
U+274C
Decimal Code Point(s)
10060
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x9D 0x8C
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 9D 8C
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 235 214
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x274C
UTF-16 Hex
274c
UTF-16 Dec
10060
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000274C
UTF-32 Hex
274C
UTF-32 Dec
10060
Python Src
u"\u274C"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x9d\x8c"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u274C"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
