A bold red X, the cross-mark emoji is the universal symbol for 'no', shooting down a bad idea or marking a wrong answer outright. It shuts down a suggestion just as fast — a flat, textable version of a hard no.
What ❌ means
A red, capital 'X' mark, sometimes defined with a black outline. The ❌ Cross Mark emoji indicates something that's wrong, incorrect, unacceptable, and unapprovable.
How and when to use it
- While goofing around with riddles and questions, both genuinely and sarcastically, ❌ could be your option to respond to a wrong answer. Like, "Nope. That's not the answer! ❌" or "I wish that were true ❌".
- ❌ could also signify disallowance or disapproval. For example, "Nahhh. Not again ❌" or "Oh. God. No. Dude. I DO NOT approve ❌".
- If you're typing out a 'disclaimer' in your caption or some kind of warning, foreword, or message that stands against something, you can use ❌- "This post does not intend to harm the parties it speaks of ❌".
- You may even bring ❌ into the context of disqualifying something or someone. For instance, "You didn't hear? He's OUT of the game ❌" or "They're way out of the tournament that the tournament is now a dot to them! ❌".
Other Names
- ❌ Wrong
- ❌ Incorrect
- ❌ Red 'X' Mark
- ❌ Cross
- ❌ X
- ❌ Red X
- ❌ Red Cross Mark
❌ in real conversations
What does ❌ mean in texting?
No, in its flattest form — a rejected idea, a wrong answer, a plan that's off the table. It carries zero ambiguity, which is exactly why people reach for it instead of typing 'no.'
What does ❌ mean on a checklist?
Incomplete, wrong, or failed — the opposite number to ✅. An item marked ❌ still needs fixing or simply hasn't happened yet.
What does ❌ mean from a girl?
Usually a hard pass on a plan, a person, or an idea — 'him? ❌' shuts down a suggestion instantly, no explanation required.
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › other-symbol
- Codepoints
U+274C- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:x::cross_mark:Discord- Keywords
- ×, cancel, cross, mark, multiplication, multiply, x
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Pairs well with
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⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — ❌ Cross Mark or 🧕 Woman with Headscarf?