About
The Cross Mark emoji (❌) is the digital equivalent of a red pen slash—deployed when something is wrong, canceled, or needs to be shut down immediately. It's the emoji you reach for when 'no' needs to be said with authority, whether you're vetoing terrible dinner plans or marking something as definitively incorrect.
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Vibe & Tone
firm rejectiondefinitiveauthoritativebluntnegative
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When to use ❌️
- →Marking wrong answers on quizzes or tests
- →Rejecting suggestions or declining invitations
- →Indicating something is cancelled or unavailable
- →Showing disapproval or that something failed
- →Creating visual checklists with completed/failed items
Keywords
crossmarkcancelmultiplicationmultiplyx×symbols
Related Concepts
incorrectdeniedrejectedshut downnopefailureerrorblockedforbiddenquiz wrong
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 274C
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 0.6
Did you know?
This emoji has been around since the very early days of Unicode (version 6.1 in 2012), making it one of the foundational 'no' symbols that helped establish digital communication's visual vocabulary for rejection and negation.
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