Editing Check mark

{{short description|Symbol often denoting 'yes' or 'correct'}}
{{redirect|Tick mark|markings on a graduated scale|Graduation (scale)}}
{{redirect|✓|the similar symbol √|Radical symbol}}
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{{Infobox symbol
|mark=✓
|unicode={{unichar|2713|CHECK MARK|html=}}
|different from={{unichar|221A}}<br />{{unichar|23B7}}
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{{Missing information|the history of the check mark|date=November 2024}}

The '''check''' or '''check mark''' ([[American English]]), '''checkmark''' ([[Philippine English]]), '''tickmark''' ([[Indian English]]) or '''tick''' ([[Australian English|Australian]], [[New Zealand English|New Zealand]] and [[British English]])<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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|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."<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.

==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 schools for a {{big|✓}} to indicate that an answer is incorrect,<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite dictionary|url=https://svenska.se/saol/?id=0299985&pz=7|title=bock|language=sv|dictionary=[[Svenska Akademiens ordlista]]|publisher=Swedish Academy}}</ref><ref>{{cite dictionary|url=http://www.saob.se/artikel/?unik=B_3521-0198.H986|title=bock|language=sv|dictionary=[[Svenska Akademiens ordbok]]|publisher=Swedish Academy|volume=5|year=1917}}</ref> while "R", from the Swedish {{lang|sv|rätt}}, 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 <math>\cdot \! / \! \cdot</math>, a slanted vertical line emphasized with two dots<ref>[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</ref> (see also [[commercial minus sign]]).

In Japan, the [[O mark]] is used instead of the check mark, and the X or ✓ mark are commonly used for wrong.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

In the Netherlands (and former Dutch colonies) the [[flourish of approval]] (or ''krul'') is used for approving a section or sum.

In [[German language|German]]-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]] provides various check marks, the one called {{sc|CHECK MARK}} is in the {{tt|U+27xx}} [[Dingbats (Unicode block)|Dingbats block]]:

* {{unichar|237B}}
* {{unichar|2610}}
* {{unichar|2611}}
* {{unichar|2705}}
* {{unichar|2713|html=}}
* {{unichar|2714}}
* {{unichar|10102}}
* {{unichar|1D93F}}
* {{unichar|1D940}}
* {{unichar|1D941}}
* {{unichar|1F5F8}}
* {{unichar|1F5F9}}
* {{unichar|1FBB1}}

==See also==

* {{Annotated link |Tally marks}}
* {{Annotated link |Thumbs signal}}
* {{Annotated link |Unicode input}}
* {{Annotated link |X mark}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Check marks}}
* [https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+2713 Unicode Character U+2713 Check Mark] at Compart.com
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