Meaning
A white checkmark sits bold and confident inside a green square button, creating a universally recognized symbol of completion, approval, and success. The design is clean and modern, with crisp lines that pop against the bright green background.
This emoji is everywhere because it serves so many practical purposes. People use it to confirm they've completed a task, approved something, or verified information. In group chats, it's a quick way to say "done" or "yes" without typing. It signals correctness, agreement, and positive validation—making it essential in both professional and casual messaging.
On social media, it's used to mark accomplishments, agree with statements, or show completion of challenges. Someone might reply with just this emoji to confirm they understand or approve. It's also become shorthand for "this is correct" or "I vouch for this."
The check mark button is probably one of the most universally understood emoji across all cultures and contexts. Its meaning rarely shifts or becomes ambiguous. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, this emoji has become foundational to digital communication, appearing in productivity apps, messaging platforms, and social media constantly—making it one of the most frequently used symbols in the entire emoji vocabulary.
Common Uses
- • Confirming task completion or approval
- • Agreeing with or validating a statement
- • Marking something as correct
- • Responding affirmatively in quick messages
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The checkmark is so universally associated with correctness that it's been used in user interfaces for decades, making the emoji one of the most instantly recognizable symbols in digital culture.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | ✅ |
| HTML (hex) | ✅ |
| CSS | \2705 |
| JavaScript | \u2705 |
| Python | \U00002705 |
| Java | \u2705 |
| Perl | \x{2705} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{2705} |
| Punycode | xn--7ph |
| URL Encoded | %E2%9C%85 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xE2 0x9C 0x85 |
✅️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | সাদা চেক মার্ক বোতাম |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 勾号按钮 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 白色勾勾 |
| Danish | hvidt flueben |
| Dutch | knop voor vinkje |
| English | check mark button |
| English (UK) | check mark button |
| Estonian | märkenupp |
| Finnish | valkoinen valintamerkki |
| French | bouton coché |
| German | weißes Häkchen |
| Hindi | सफेद चेक मार्क, सही का चिह्न |
| Hungarian | vastag fehér pipa |
| Italian | pulsante segno di spunta |
| Japanese | 白抜きのチェック |
| Korean | 체크 표시 버튼 |
| Lithuanian | balta paryškinta varnelė |
| Malay | butang tanda rait |
| Norwegian | hakemerke i firkant |
| Polish | przycisk ze znacznikiem wyboru |
| Portuguese | marca de seleção branca |
| Russian | белая галочка |
| Spanish | botón de marca de verificación |
| Spanish (Mexico) | botón de marca de verificación |
| Swedish | vit bockmarkering |
| Thai | ปุ่มเครื่องหมายถูก |
| Ukrainian | кнопка з галочкою |
| Vietnamese | dấu chọn đậm màu trắng |