✓ is the Unicode character CHECK MARK, code point U+2713 (decimal 10003) in the Dingbats block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ✓, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 9C 93.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2713 |
| Decimal | 10003 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C 93 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2713 |
| UTF-32 | 00002713 |
| HTML decimal | ✓ |
| HTML hex | ✓ |
| HTML named | ✓ ✓ |
| CSS | \2713 |
| JavaScript | \u2713 |
| JSON | \u2713 |
| Python | \u2713 |
| Python by name | \N{CHECK MARK} |
| Java, C# | \u2713 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2713} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2713 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%9C%93 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | CHECK MARK |
| Code point | U+2713 (decimal 10003) |
| Block | Dingbats (U+2700–U+27BF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Dingbats
- ✋ U+270B Raised hand
- ✌ U+270C Victory hand
- ✍ U+270D Writing hand
- ✎ U+270E Lower Right Pencil
- ✏ U+270F Pencil
- ✐ U+2710 Upper Right Pencil
- ✑ U+2711 White Nib
- ✒ U+2712 Black nib
- ✔ U+2714 Check mark
- ✕ U+2715 Multiplication X
- ✖ U+2716 Multiply
- ✗ U+2717 Ballot X
- ✘ U+2718 Heavy Ballot X
- ✙ U+2719 Outlined Greek Cross
- ✚ U+271A Heavy Greek Cross
- ✛ U+271B Open Centre Cross
All 192 characters: Dingbats.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ✓?
- Use the named entity ✓, or ✓ (decimal) or ✓ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2713?
- E2 9C 93 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%9C%93.
- How do I write U+2713 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2713. Python: \u2713.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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