U+2610
Ballot Box
About
Ballot Box, a single Unicode character. Part of the Historic & Non-Standard group, symbol subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 0.0.
Platform renderings
2 platforms shown using your device's own emoji font. Their artwork is proprietary and this site does not redistribute it.
Timeline
2012 — 2026Showing 30 of 30 events through 2026
- 2012First render

Segoe UI Emoji, proprietary.
- 2013First render

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- 2013Redesign

Segoe UI Emoji, proprietary.
- 2014Redesign

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- 2015Redesign

Segoe UI Emoji, proprietary.
- 2016Redesign

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- 2016Redesign

Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Release date Windows 10 build 1607.
- 2016Redesign

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- 2017Redesign

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- 2017Redesign

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- 2018Redesign

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- 2018Redesign

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- 2019Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2021Redesign

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- 2021Redesign

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- 2022Redesign

Samsung One UI 4.0 January 2022
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- 2022Redesign

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- 2023Redesign

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- 2024Redesign

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- 2024Redesign

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- 2025Redesign

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- 2026Redesign

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Encodings
- UTF-8
E2 98 90- UTF-8 escaped
\xE2\x98\x90- UTF-16
2610- UTF-32
00002610- HTML decimal
☐- HTML hex
☐- CSS
\002610- JavaScript
\u{2610}- JS surrogateFor pre-ES2015 targets
\u2610- Python
\u2610- URL encoded
%E2%98%90- Base64
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Frequently asked questions
- What does ☐ mean?
- Ballot Box, a single Unicode character. Part of the Historic & Non-Standard group, symbol subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 0.0.
- What is the Unicode code point for ☐?
- Ballot Box is encoded as the single code point U+2610.
- When was ☐ added to Unicode?
- ☐ was approved as part of Emoji 0.0 and released in 1993, under Unicode 1.1.
- Why does ☐ look different on my phone?
- Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point, so ☐ changes depending on where you see it. This page compares 31 renderings, including Samsung, Microsoft and Generated.
- What category is ☐ in?
- ☐ belongs to Unicode's Historic & Non-Standard group, in the symbol subgroup.