Ballot Box with Check / Checked Box
About Ballot Box with Check / Checked Box
☑ is a symbol with a check inside a box, intuitively expressing meanings like "selected," "confirmed," "completed." When searching for how to type a box with a check mark inside, the answer is right here.
The ☑ symbol is the visual representation of a checked checkbox, widely used in forms, to-do lists, voting options, approval processes, and other scenarios. Together with the empty box ☐ (U+2610) and the box with an X ☒ (U+2612), it forms a complete set of selection state symbols.
【Historical Origin】 The checkbox concept originated from the habit of ticking boxes on paper forms. Unicode uniformly included these three selection state symbols in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, making them standard elements in digital interfaces.
【Modern Applications】 ☑ is frequently used in UI design for checkbox components, Markdown task lists, Excel status markers, selected options in surveys, and various scenarios requiring the indication of "selected" or "completed."
How to Type Ballot Box with Check / Checked Box
Windows Input
Hold Alt, type 9745 on the numpad; or type fangkuanggou or fuxuankuang in the input method and select ☑
Mac Input
Control + Command + Space, search "ballot box with check"; or type fuxuankuang in the input method
HTML/CSS Input
HTML: ☑ or ☑; CSS: content: "\2611";
LaTeX Input
Requires loading fontspec to use system fonts; or use \CheckedBox (requires the wasysym package)
Ballot Box with Check / Checked Box FAQ
What are the code points for the checked box ☑, empty box ☐, and box with X ☒?
☑ (checked box) U+2611, ☐ (empty box) U+2610, ☒ (box with X) U+2612. These three form the complete selection state trio.
How to quickly insert a checked box in Word?
Type 2611, then press Alt + X to convert it to ☑. Or use the P key with Wingdings 2 font to produce a checked box.
How to create an interactive check box in Excel?
Use the "Check Box (Form Control)" or "Check Box (ActiveX Control)" in the "Developer" tab. After inserting, you can click to toggle the check state; it is an interactive control, not a static symbol.
How to write a checked task list in Markdown?
Completed checked tasks use - [x] completed item; incomplete tasks use - [ ] to-do item. They render as ☑ and ☐ respectively.
How to type a box with a check mark on a mobile phone?
Switch to the special symbols section of the symbol keyboard; on iOS, type fangkuanggou or fuxuankuang directly for auto-suggestion; you can also directly copy and paste ☑. On Android, use the special symbols panel of the input method.