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 Twitter/X

Category Symbols

Subcategory other-symbol

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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