The multiply emoji is the chunky, no-nonsense X that screams “times” in math class and “nope” in real life. People drop it in captions to mean multiply (3 ✖️ 7), to mark something as wrong, or to give big “close this tab immediately” energy—like the universal X in the corner of every annoying popup. It also shows up in gamer talk and meme captions as a stylized stand-in for the letter X, as in “Press ✖️ to doubt,” or to hype combo multipliers and speedruns. Bonus chaos: some folks use it to punctuate a shutdown text—“Request denied ✖️”—which lands somewhere between dramatic and delightfully petty.
On Apple/iOS, ✖️ appears as a thick, bold X with rounded ends, dark charcoal/black in color, no box or circle around it, and a clean, geometric vibe that contrasts with the bright red ❌ cross mark. That sleek, unboxed look makes it feel more like a math or UI symbol than a warning sign, perfect for “wrong answer,” “close window,” or “multiply your problems by zero” jokes. In social posts, it pairs well with ➕➖➗ for math-aesthetic layouts, or gets used ironically to label bad takes, canceled plans, or a hard pass. And yes, it can stunt as a playful visual in “xoxo” messages—just remember, this one is math-core, not a smooch.
Definition
Remind the person how bad they are at math.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
668 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
:heavy_multiplication_x:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Heavy Multiplication X
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Dingbats
Unicode Range
2700–27BF
Unicode Subcategory
Miscellaneous
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Arithmetic Symbols
Names & Annotations
HEAVY MULTIPLICATION X Temporary Notes: Unified with U+2716 in the Dingbats block
Symbol Information
✖ U+2716 unified (Unicode 1.1)
Proposal Identifier
e-B53
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[×]
KDDI
#55 かける 「kakeru」 U+E54F SJIS-F76B JIS-774C
Softbank
#372 #old321 × U+E333 SJIS-F9D3
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 Code
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)
2716
Formal Unicode Notation
U+2716
Decimal Code Point(s)
10006
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x9C 0x96
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 9C 96
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 234 226
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x2716
UTF-16 Hex
2716
UTF-16 Dec
10006
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x00002716
UTF-32 Hex
2716
UTF-32 Dec
10006
Python Src
u"\u2716"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x9c\x96"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u2716"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
✖️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
✖️
Decimal HTML Entity
✖ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
✖ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
2716, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+2716, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
10006, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x9C 0x96, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 9C 96, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 234 226, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x2716, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
2716, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
10006, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x00002716 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
2716, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
10006, 65039
Python Src
u"\u2716\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x9c\x96\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u2716\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
