Multiplication X ✕

U+2715
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Symbol Meaning

Symbol U+2715 in its classic version is used as a multiplication sign. Actually mathematics is not the only field where it can be applied. When you have to choose the right answer or vote for your candidate in a ballot, this symbol may function as a substitute for check. Besides, it's often written in bulleted lists to mark separate points. However, not the positive ones, but rather describing negative, unwanted, illegal things — in this case, the multiplication sign performs as a cross and means 'no' or forbids particular actions.

Multiplication sign is presented as two black lines, leaning towards each other and forming a cross. Unicode offers more symbols with a similar meaning. For example, red cross-like mark, black multiplication sign designed in bold lines.

The symbol “Multiplication X” is included in the “Miscellaneous” subblock of the “Dingbats” block and was approved as part of Unicode version 1.1 in 1993.

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Unicode Name Multiplication X
Unicode Number
HTML Code
CSS Code
Unicode Block Dingbats
Unicode Subblock Miscellaneous
Unicode Version 1.1 (1993)
Version 1.1
Block Dingbats
Type of paired mirror bracket (bidi) None
Composition Exclusion No
Case change 2715
Simple case change 2715
Grapheme_Base +
age 1.1
scripts Common
Encoding hex dec (bytes) dec binary
UTF-8 E2 9C 95 226 156 149 14851221 11100010 10011100 10010101
UTF-16BE 27 15 39 21 10005 00100111 00010101
UTF-16LE 15 27 21 39 5415 00010101 00100111
UTF-32BE 00 00 27 15 0 0 39 21 10005 00000000 00000000 00100111 00010101
UTF-32LE 15 27 00 00 21 39 0 0 354877440 00010101 00100111 00000000 00000000
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