Check mark | tick box symbol
SymboloftendenotingyesorcorrectForthediacritic"ˇ",seeCaron.✓In UnicodeU+2713✓CHECKMARK(HTML ✓ ·✓,✓)Acheckmark(AmericanEnglish),checkmark(PhilippineEnglish),tickmark(IndianEnglish)ortick(Australian,NewZealandEnglish,andBritishEnglish)isamark(✓,✔,etc.)used,primarilyintheEnglishspeakingworld,toindicatetheconcept"yes"(e.g."yes;thishasbeenverified","yes;thatisthecorrectanswer","yes;thishasbeencompleted",or"yes;this[itemoroption]appliestome").Thexmarkisalsosometi...
Symbol often denoting yes or correct
For the diacritic "ˇ", see Caron. ✓In UnicodeU+2713 ✓ CHECK MARK (HTML ✓ · ✓, ✓)A check mark (American English), checkmark (Philippine English), tickmark (Indian English) or tick (Australian, New Zealand English, 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 to me"). 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 workers name, presumably to indicate whether...