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Check mark

Check mark
U+2713 CHECK MARK (✓, ✓)
✅︎
heavy check mark ballot box with check white heavy check mark

The check or check mark (American English), checkmark (Philippine English), tickmark (Indian English) or tick (Australian, New Zealand and British English)[1] 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 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."[2]

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.

  1. ^ "Tick | English Meaning". Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  2. ^ 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.

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علامة صح Arabic Razılıq nişanı AZ Contrèng BEW Vist Catalan Häkchen (Schriftzeichen) German Visto Spanish علامت تیک FA Valintamerkki Finnish Coche (typographie) French סימן אישור HE

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