Click any mark below to copy it. These are the general-purpose text symbols that carry meaning in writing: checkmarks, crosses, bullets, dot leaders, and reference marks.
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✓
✔
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✖
✗
✘
☑
☒
☓
⊘
⊗
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⊙
•
‣
⁃
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∙
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※
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⁙
⁚
⁛
⁜
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℀
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℠
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ℓ
℔
⌁
⌇
⌸
⌹
⌺
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⍰
⍯
⑊
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Checklists, progress bars and status lines
Arrangements that carry state in plain text, for notes, commit messages, and any field that strips formatting.
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How to use text symbols
Checkmarks and crosses do their best work as status indicators where no checkbox exists: ✓ done, ✗ dropped, ☑ confirmed, in notes, commit messages, and spreadsheet columns. Bullets and dot leaders rebuild list structure in places that discard formatting, which covers most social bios and form fields. For dividing text, ※ and the asterism ⁂ separate blocks more gently than a rule and were designed for exactly that. The letterlike group solves a different problem, giving you abbreviations that cannot be typed directly: № before a figure, ℅ in a postal address, ℠ after a brand, ℓ after a volume. One habit worth keeping is restraint. These marks carry meaning, and a line holding four of them stops communicating and starts decorating.
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Plain-text task lists
Mark progress in notes, commit messages, and chat updates where checkbox formatting does not exist. ✓ shipped, ✗ blocked, ☑ reviewed reads instantly without a legend.
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Spreadsheet status columns
A single ✓ or ✗ in a cell scans far faster than the words yes and no, sorts correctly, and stays legible when the column is narrow.
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Bullets where formatting is stripped
Social bios, form fields, and email signatures usually discard list markup. Paste • or ‣ at the start of each line and the structure survives.
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Section breaks in long text
The asterism ⁂ and reference mark ※ divide a document without a horizontal rule, which is useful in plain-text posts and code comments.
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Abbreviations you cannot type
Use № before a figure, ℅ in a postal address, ℠ after a brand name, and ℓ after a volume. Each is one character rather than a workaround.
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Compatibility notes
Most symbols here work everywhere, but rare or decorative characters may not render on older devices and apps with limited fonts. Test a symbol on mobile before using it in a permanent username.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between ✓ and ✔?
They are separate Unicode characters. ✓ (U+2713, Check Mark) is the lighter one and matches the weight of ordinary text. ✔ (U+2714, Heavy Check Mark) is bolder and stands out in a list. Some platforms render ✔ as a green emoji rather than a text glyph, so use ✓ when you need the mark to stay the colour of the surrounding text.
Will these symbols break my spreadsheet or CSV file?
Not if the file is saved as UTF-8, which is the default in Google Sheets, modern Excel, and every text editor released in the last decade. Problems only appear with legacy encodings such as Windows-1252. If a mark turns into a question mark after export, change the export encoding to UTF-8 rather than replacing the character.
Can screen readers announce these marks?
Yes, and this is the main advantage over images. Assistive software reads ✓ as "check mark" and № as "numero". A checkmark supplied as a picture is announced only if someone wrote alternative text for it. Keep meaning in the character itself and accessibility follows.