The cross mark button (❎) is the internet’s friendly but firm “nope” button—perfect for vetoes, hard passes, and calling out a wrong answer with game-show flair. It often tags along with ✅ to make yes/no polls, “smash or pass” lists, or quick feedback on hot takes. In texts and comments, it doubles as a playful buzzer: someone proposes pineapple on pizza, you drop a ❎ and keep scrolling like a judge slamming the X on a talent show. Sarcastically, it shines—think “❎ bestie, try again” or pairing it with hearts to soften a rejection that’s still very much a rejection.
On Apple devices, it’s a bold white X centered in a rounded green square, with a soft gradient and glossy, button-like bevel—basically a big UI-style “cancel” you can fling into chats. The green background makes it pop in dark mode and pairs neatly with app-like aesthetics, which is why people use it for to-do lists, close-window vibes, or marking an option as disabled. Meme-wise, it’s the go-to for shutting down conspiracy-thread energy, cringe takes, or “be delulu” plans you’re pretending not to endorse. It’s quick, clean, and unmistakable: the universal sign for “not this one, chief.”
Definition
Looks like an X to me!
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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.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
576 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
:negative_squared_cross_mark:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Negative Squared Cross Mark
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
NEGATIVE SQUARED CROSS MARK Temporary Notes: Another X (orange background)
Symbol Information
U+274E proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B46
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[×]
KDDI
#62 バツ２ 「batsu２」 U+E551 SJIS-F76D JIS-774E
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)
274e
Formal Unicode Notation
U+274E
Decimal Code Point(s)
10062
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x9D 0x8E
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 9D 8E
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 235 216
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x274E
UTF-16 Hex
274e
UTF-16 Dec
10062
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000274E
UTF-32 Hex
274E
UTF-32 Dec
10062
Python Src
u"\u274E"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x9d\x8e"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u274E"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
