Multiply Times symbol
Type :times: · Math
What × is for
Real multiplication, and the correct character for dimensions: a 4×6 photo, a 1920×1080 screen. The letter x is what everyone types instead, and it sorts, searches and reads as a letter because it is one.
How to type ×
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:times: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
Windows
Alt + 0215
Hold Alt and type the digits on the keypad.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex Input
source and type 00D7
with Option held.
Shortcodes
:times: :x::multiply_times: On the web
HTML ×
Unicode U+00D7
What × gets mistaken for
the letter x
The usual stand-in. Narrower, sits on the baseline differently, and is a letter as far as any software is concerned.
cross mark
A tick-box no, not an operator. Different job entirely.
More from math
:pm: ÷ :divide: ≈ :approx: ≠ :neq: ≡ :identical_to: ≤ :lte: ≥ :gte: ∞ :inf: √ :sqrt: ∑ :sum: ∏ :product_pi: ∫ :integral: Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .
Tired of copying × from pages like this one?
That is exactly what the extension removes. Here is the whole interaction, in every text field you already use:
You type
You get
Your keyboard already knows what you mean
Free, 280 KB, no account. Two letters from now you will never open an emoji panel again.