A check or check mark (American English), checkmark (Philippine English), tickmark (Indian English) or tick (Australian, New Zealand and British English) is a mark (✓, ✔, etc.) used, primarily in the English-speaking world, to indicate the concept "yes" (e.g. "yes; this has been verified", "yes; that is the correct answer", "yes; this has been completed", or "yes; this [item or option] applies"). The x mark is also sometimes used for this purpose (most notably on election ballot papers, e.g. in the United Kingdom), but otherwise usually indicates "no", incorrectness, or failure. One of the earliest usages of a check mark as an indication of completion is on ancient Babylonian tablets "where small indentations were sometimes made with a stylus, usually placed at the left of a worker's name, presumably to indicate whether the listed ration has been issued."[1]
✓
Check mark
U+2713✓CHECK MARK (✓, ✓)
✔
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heavy check mark
ballot box with check
white heavy check mark
As a verb, to check (off) means to add such a mark. Printed forms, printed documents, and computer software (see checkbox) commonly include squares in which to place check marks.
The check mark is a predominant affirmative symbol of convenience in the English-speaking world because of its instant and simple composition. In other language communities, there are different conventions.
It is common in Swedish schools for a ✓ to indicate that an answer is incorrect,[2][3][4] while "R", from the Swedish rätt, i.e., "correct", is used to indicate that an answer is correct.
In Finnish, ✓ stands for väärin, i.e., "wrong", due to its similarity to a slanted v.[citation needed] The opposite, "correct", is marked with , a slanted vertical line emphasized with two dots[5] (see also commercial minus sign).
In Japan, the O mark is used instead of the check mark, and the X or ✓ mark are commonly used for wrong.[6]
In the Netherlands (and former Dutch colonies) the flourish of approval (or krul) is used for approving a section or sum.
The heavy check mark ✔ is available in the fonts Marlett and Webdings. On the QWERTY keyboard, it can be produced by striking lower-case a with one of these fonts in effect.
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check, mark, tick, mark, redirects, here, markings, graduated, scale, graduation, scale, redirects, here, similar, symbol, radical, symbol, diacritic, caron, check, check, mark, american, english, checkmark, philippine, english, tickmark, indian, english, tick. Tick mark redirects here For markings on a graduated scale see Graduation scale redirects here For the similar symbol see Radical symbol For the diacritic ˇ see Caron A check or check mark American English checkmark Philippine English tickmark Indian English or tick Australian New Zealand and British English is a mark etc used primarily in the English speaking world to indicate the concept yes e g yes this has been verified yes that is the correct answer yes this has been completed or yes this item or option applies The x mark is also sometimes used for this purpose most notably on election ballot papers e g in the United Kingdom but otherwise usually indicates no incorrectness or failure One of the earliest usages of a check mark as an indication of completion is on ancient Babylonian tablets where small indentations were sometimes made with a stylus usually placed at the left of a worker s name presumably to indicate whether the listed ration has been issued 1 Check markU 2713 CHECK MARK amp check amp checkmark heavy check mark ballot box with check white heavy check markAs a verb to check off means to add such a mark Printed forms printed documents and computer software see checkbox commonly include squares in which to place check marks Contents 1 International differences 2 Unicode 3 Keyboard entry 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksInternational differences editThe check mark is a predominant affirmative symbol of convenience in the English speaking world because of its instant and simple composition In other language communities there are different conventions It is common in Swedish schools for a to indicate that an answer is incorrect 2 3 4 while R from the Swedish ratt i e correct is used to indicate that an answer is correct In Finnish stands for vaarin i e wrong due to its similarity to a slanted v citation needed The opposite correct is marked with displaystyle cdot cdot nbsp a slanted vertical line emphasized with two dots 5 see also commercial minus sign In Japan the O mark is used instead of the check mark and the X or mark are commonly used for wrong 6 In the Netherlands and former Dutch colonies the flourish of approval or krul is used for approving a section or sum Unicode editUnicode provides various check marks Symbol Code point Name U 237B NOT CHECK MARK U 2610 BALLOT BOX U 2611 BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK U 2705 WHITE HEAVY CHECK MARK U 2713 CHECK MARK U 2714 HEAVY CHECK MARK U 10102 AEGEAN CHECK MARK U 1D93F SIGNWRITING MOVEMENT WALLPLANE CHECK SMALL U 1D940 SIGNWRITING MOVEMENT WALLPLANE CHECK MEDIUM U 1D941 SIGNWRITING MOVEMENT WALLPLANE CHECK LARGE U 1F5F8 LIGHT CHECK MARK U 1F5F9 BALLOT BOX WITH BOLD CHECK U 1FBB1 INVERSE CHECK MARKKeyboard entry editThe heavy check mark is available in the fonts Marlett and Webdings On the QWERTY keyboard it can be produced by striking lower case a with one of these fonts in effect See also editBracket O mark Tally marks Thumbs signal X markReferences edit Tenney Jonathan S 2011 07 12 Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society Brill doi 10 1163 ej 9789004206892 i 268 ISBN 978 90 04 20704 2 bock Svensk ordbok utgiven av Svenska Akademien in Swedish Swedish Academy bock Svenska Akademiens ordlista in Swedish Swedish Academy bock Svenska Akademiens ordbok in Swedish Vol 5 Swedish Academy 1917 Version 3 2 of the Unicode Standard General Punctuation 2002 03 27 Internationalization W3 org W3C Retrieved 2021 09 06 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Check marks Unicode Character U 2713 Check Mark at Compart com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Check mark amp oldid 1215556967, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
