Symbols · Emoji 0.6
❌Cross Mark Emoji
Generally, the ❌ emoji means “no,” “wrong,” or “incorrect.” It’s used to signal that something isn’t acceptable or desired.
The ❌ emoji is a simple cross mark.
- Unicode
- U+274C
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :x:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ❌ Cross Mark emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
02 — Platforms
Cross Mark emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the cross mark as 9 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Cross Mark emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :x:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+274C.
04 — How to type
How to type the ❌ Cross Mark emoji
No picker to hand? The cross mark can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Cross Mark emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the cross mark as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
06 — Combinations
Cross Mark emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around cross mark for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ❌ means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Around the world
What ❌ means in other countries
A blunt, universally understood “no” or “wrong” marker used across messaging and task lists worldwide.
Marks a wrong answer, a declined idea, or a hard no to a suggestion.
Used to reject a proposal or cancel an item in a shared list or plan.
Reads as blunt, sometimes even a little harsh, when replying to a person rather than an item.
Before you send it: Reserve it for clear rejection since the tone reads as flat and final, not for soft disagreement.
09 — Apps
What ❌ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+274C, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
10 — Related
Emojis similar to the Cross Mark emoji
Same family (other-symbol) — often confused with cross mark or used alongside it.
Symbols →
Splatter
〽️Part Alternation Mark
🔱Trident Emblem
⚜️Fleur-de-lis
🔰Japanese Symbol For Beginner
♻️Recycling Symbol
✅Check Mark Button
❇️Sparkle
✳️Eight-spoked Asterisk
There is also a text version — ✗ as a plain character. It a cross without the red.
Collections ❌ belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:
11 — Difference
❌ vs 😵 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Cross Mark
Code: U+274C · added 2010
Shortcode: :x:
Generally, the ❌ emoji means “no,” “wrong,” or “incorrect.”
Unicode name: Face with Crossed-out Eyes
Code: U+1F635 · added 2010
Shortcode: :dizzy_face:
It usually means someone is feeling dizzy, confused, or overwhelmed.
12 — History
Where the ❌ Cross Mark emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Same character every time — U+274C never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
❌ existed there as
KDDI au E550, SoftBank E333.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Cross Mark was approved as U+274C and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ❌ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ