β (English symbol name tick or checkmark or check )
Indicates items in a list that are fulfilled or dealt with , e.g., products in a grocery list that were already bought.
Milk β Eggs Flour β
2007 , Steve Anderson, Meet the Robinsons (in English), Walt Disney Pictures:Things to do:β Steal time machineβ Ruin science fairβ Pass off invention as my own!
2023 March 7, Gretty Garcia, βYes, I *Did* Stay at the Same Hotel as BeyoncΓ© in Dubaiβand You Should Tooβ, in Cosmopolitan [1] (in English):Now that Iβve officially recovered from my epic experience, I can confirm that, yes, every single celeb and influencer imaginable was there to check out the hotelβs opening weekend (Chloe and Halle Bailey? βοΈ Ellen Pompeo? βοΈ Kendall Jenner? βοΈβοΈβοΈ I mean, did you not see the pics?!).
Indicates one's preference or vote . Sometimes, a ballot (β ) can be filled with a checkmark : β .
Synonym: β
β Candidate 1
β Candidate 2
β Candidate 3
Indicates correctness (with the exception of some languages, in which it is used with the opposite meaning).
Antonym: β ( β indicates incorrectness β )
2+2=4 β
2+2=5 β
Used as a tally mark.
2015 , "Sleep Spells", season 1, episode 7b of Star vs. the Forces of Evil
[Star saves Marco's life. ]
Marco: Thanks for saving me. Again, that makes twenty-eight saves for you, and four for me, but... Who's counting?
[The checkmarks below are written on Marco's notebook. ]
[Star's face ] ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
[Marco's face ] ββββ
( computing , dated ) ISO 2047 symbol for Acknowledge .
See also Appendix:Strikethrough for crossed text as in example , which also indicates items already dealt with.