☐

☐

☐ U+2610, ☐ BALLOT BOX ← ☏ [U+260F] Miscellaneous Symbols ☑ → [U+2611]

Translingual

Etymology

A blank ballot box, usually to be filled with either ✓ or ✗.

Symbol

☐

1. To be filled with ✓ or ✗, indicates agreement.
   • 1987 May 1, The Rotarian, volume 150, number 5 (in English), Rotary International, ISSN 0035-838X, page 53:

     ☐ Yes! Send me_____________watch(es) at $235.00 each!

2. In a list, to be filled with either ✓ indicating agreement or ✗ indicating disagreement.

   Select which ice cream flavors you like: (in this example, the surveyee only likes vanilla, among the given options)

   Chocolate ☒

   Strawberry ☒

   Vanilla ☑

3. To be filled with ✓ or ✗, indicates a vote.

   ☐ Candidate 1

   ☐ Candidate 2

   ☒ Candidate 3

4. See □ for other uses of a square.

Derived terms

• ☑
• ☒

Related terms

• ✓
• ✗

Further reading

• Tick (checkmark) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia