# Check mark > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Check_mark > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Check_mark.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_mark > Source revision: 1349125145 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Symbol often denoting 'yes' or 'correct'}} {{redirect|Tick mark|markings on a graduated scale|Graduation (scale)}} {{redirect|✓|the similar symbol √|Radical symbol}} {{for|the diacritic "ˇ"|Caron}} {{Infobox symbol |mark=✓ |unicode={{unichar|2713|CHECK MARK|html=}} |different from={{unichar|221A}}
{{unichar|23B7}} }} {{Missing information|the history of the check mark|date=November 2024}} The '''check''' or '''check mark''' ([American English](/source/American_English)), '''checkmark''' ([Philippine English](/source/Philippine_English)), '''tickmark''' ([Indian English](/source/Indian_English)) or '''tick''' ([Australian](/source/Australian_English), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_English) and [British English](/source/British_English)){{Cite web |title=Tick {{!}} English Meaning |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tick |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus}} is a mark (✓, ✔, etc.) used in many countries, including 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](/source/X_mark) can also be used for this purpose (most notably on election [ballot papers](/source/Ballot), 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."{{Cite book|last=Tenney|first=Jonathan S.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004206892.i-268|title=Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society|date=2011-07-12|publisher=Brill|doi=10.1163/ej.9789004206892.i-268|isbn=978-90-04-20704-2}} As a verb, to check (off) means to add such a mark. Printed forms, printed documents, and computer software (see [checkbox](/source/checkbox)) commonly include squares in which to place check marks. ==International differences== 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 may be different conventions. It is common in Swedish and Norwegian schools for a {{big|✓}} to indicate that an answer is incorrect,{{cite dictionary|url=https://svenska.se/so/?id=05708&pz=7|title=bock|language=sv|dictionary=Svensk ordbok utgiven av Svenska Akademien|publisher=Swedish Academy}}{{cite dictionary|url=https://svenska.se/saol/?id=0299985&pz=7|title=bock|language=sv|dictionary=[Svenska Akademiens ordlista](/source/Svenska_Akademiens_ordlista)|publisher=Swedish Academy}}{{cite dictionary|url=http://www.saob.se/artikel/?unik=B_3521-0198.H986|title=bock|language=sv|dictionary=[Svenska Akademiens ordbok](/source/Svenska_Akademiens_ordbok)|publisher=Swedish Academy|volume=5|year=1917}} while "R", from the Swedish {{lang|sv|rätt}} or Norwegian {{lang|nb|riktig}}, i.e., "correct", is used to indicate that an answer is correct. In Finnish, ✓ stands for {{lang|fi|väärin}}, i.e., "wrong", due to its similarity to a slanted v.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} The opposite, "correct", is marked with \cdot \! / \! \cdot, a slanted vertical line emphasized with two dots[https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr28/tr28-3.html#6_1_general_punctuation Version 3.2 of the Unicode Standard, General Punctuation] 2002-03-27 (see also [commercial minus sign](/source/commercial_minus_sign)). In Japan, the [O mark](/source/O_mark) is used instead of the check mark, and the X or ✓ mark are commonly used for wrong.{{Cite web |title=Internationalization |url=https://www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/i18n.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610112134/https://www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/i18n.html | archive-date = 10 June 2023 |website=W3.org |publisher=W3C |access-date=2024-11-26 }} In the Netherlands (and former Dutch colonies) the [flourish of approval](/source/flourish_of_approval) (or ''krul'') is used for approving a section or sum. In [German](/source/German_language)-speaking countries, ✓ is used for “correct” or “done”, but not usually for ticking boxes, which are crossed instead. The opposite of ✓ is ƒ (short for ''falsch'' “wrong”). ==Unicode== [Unicode](/source/Unicode) provides various check marks, the one called {{sc|CHECK MARK}} is in the {{tt|U+27xx}} [Dingbats block](/source/Dingbats_(Unicode_block)): * {{unichar|237B}} * {{unichar|2610}} * {{unichar|2611}} * {{unichar|2705}} * {{unichar|2713|html=}} * {{unichar|2714}} * {{unichar|2714}} + {{unichar|FE0F}} = ✔️ Heavy Check Mark (emoji presentation) * {{unichar|10102}} * {{unichar|1D93F}} * {{unichar|1D940}} * {{unichar|1D941}} * {{unichar|1F5F8}} * {{unichar|1F5F9}} * {{unichar|1FBB1}} ==See also== * {{Annotated link |Tally marks}} * {{Annotated link |Thumb signal}} * {{Annotated link |Unicode input}} * {{Annotated link |X mark}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{navbox punctuation}} Category:Pictograms Category:Symbols Category:Typographical symbols --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Check mark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_mark) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_mark?action=history)). 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