Английская Википедия:Check mark
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A check or check mark (American English), checkmark (Philippine English), tickmark (Indian English) or tick (Australian, New Zealand and British English) is a mark (✓, ✔, etc.) used, primarily in 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."[1]
As a verb, to check (off) or tick (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 are different conventions.
It is common in Swedish schools for a Шаблон:Big to indicate that an answer is incorrect,[2][3][4] while "R", from the Swedish Шаблон:Lang, i.e., "correct", is used to indicate that an answer is correct.
In Finnish, ✓ stands for Шаблон:Lang, i.e., "wrong", due to its similarity to a slanted v.Шаблон:Citation needed The opposite, "correct", is marked with <math>\cdot \! / \! \cdot</math>, a slanted vertical line emphasized with two dots[5] (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.[6]
In the Netherlands a 'V' is used to show that things are missing Шаблон:Citation needed while the flourish of approval (or krul) is used for approving a section or sum.
Unicode
Unicode provides various check marks:
| Symbol | Code point | Name |
|---|---|---|
| ⍻ | Шаблон:Tt | NOT CHECK MARK |
| ☐ | Шаблон:Tt | BALLOT BOX |
| ☑ | Шаблон:Tt | BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK |
| ✅︎ | Шаблон:Tt | WHITE HEAVY CHECK MARK |
| ✓ | Шаблон:Tt | CHECK MARK |
| ✔ | Шаблон:Tt | HEAVY CHECK MARK |
| 𐄂 | Шаблон:Tt | AEGEAN CHECK MARK |
| 𝤿 | Шаблон:Tt | SIGNWRITING MOVEMENT-WALLPLANE CHECK SMALL |
| 𝥀 | Шаблон:Tt | SIGNWRITING MOVEMENT-WALLPLANE CHECK MEDIUM |
| 𝥁 | Шаблон:Tt | SIGNWRITING MOVEMENT-WALLPLANE CHECK LARGE |
| 🗸 | Шаблон:Tt | LIGHT CHECK MARK |
| 🗹 | Шаблон:Tt | BALLOT BOX WITH BOLD CHECK |
| 🮱 | Шаблон:Tt | INVERSE CHECK MARK |
Keyboard entry
The heavy check mark ✔ is available in the fonts Marlett and Webdings. On the QWERTY keyboard, it can be produced by striking lower-case Шаблон:Key press with one of these fonts in effect.
See also
References
External links
- Unicode Character U+2713 Check Mark at Compart.com
