Check box with check Emoji
Symbols
A square box containing a bold check mark. This icon represents a completed task, a verified selection, or an affirmative choice within a digital form or printed document.
Usage Context
Used widely in messaging to confirm that a request has been handled or to signal that a specific option has been chosen. It is the logical progression of the empty ☐ box, effectively acting as the final word on a task, much like the ✅ emoji serves to highlight successful verification.
History
The symbol traces back to paper-based voting and inventory tracking long before the digital age. It was formally encoded in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, specifically to support the legacy of early office software suites and form-based computing that required visual confirmation of checkbox inputs.
Details
Glyph
☑
Unicode
U+2611
Shortcode
:emoji_u2611:
HTML Entity
☑
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Symbols
Subcategory other-symbol
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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