# ×

| × | U+00D7, &#215; MULTIPLICATION SIGN |
| ← Ö [U+00D6] | Latin-1 Supplement | Ø → [U+00D8] |
| ✕ | U+2715, &#10005; MULTIPLICATION X |
| ← ✔ [U+2714] | Dingbats | ✖ → [U+2716] |
| Text style | Emoji style |
| ✖︎ | ✖️ |
| Text style is forced with ⟨&#xFE0E;⟩ and emoji style with ⟨&#xFE0F;⟩. ||
| ✖ U+2716, &#10006; HEAVY MULTIPLICATION X ← ✕ [U+2715] Dingbats ✗ → [U+2717] ||

## Translingual
### Glyph origin

Use as a multiplication sign is usually attributed to English mathematician William Oughtred.

### Pronunciation

* In English, the × symbol is usually read as times, but also as x (/ˈɛks/), timesed by, multiplied by or simply by (as in 4×4 or 2×4).
* The collaboration sense uses to be read as the name of the letter x in the embedding language.
* The biological hybrid sense likewise can be expressed as the name of the letter x, in English, as well as cross, by, a preceding hybrid species, silence, and by other solutions.
* The sense "times", as in 2× as much soap, can be pronounced times or x.

### Symbol

* (arithmetic) Multiplication.
    7 × 8 = 56
* (set theory, category theory) Cartesian product, categorical product.
    {1,2} × {3,4} = {(1,3),(1,4),(2,3),(2,4)}
* (linear algebra) Vector product, cross product.
    (1,2,5) × (3,4,−1) = (−22, 16, −2)
* (taxonomy) Used in various ways to indicate hybridization between two or more different taxa.
    Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora; Ursus maritimus × Ursus arctos
* (music, fashion, etc.) Used to denote collaboration in the design, execution or branding of a piece.
    Russ Millions × Tion Wayne
    BAPE × Stüssy
** 2022 July 23, Gargi Harjai, “Where to buy the John Richmond × Playboy collection? Price, release date, and more explored”, in Sportskeeda‎ (in English):
* Used to denote the geometric dimensions of an object.
    The dimensions of the box are 60 cm × 60 cm × 52 cm.
* Times. (Often written x.)
    2× as much soap as a regular bottle!
** 2011, Dmitry Telnov, Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea: Volume 1 (in German), →ISBN, page 204:Apikalglied nicht besonders lang, beim Männchen etwa doppelt so lang wie das vorletzte Glied. [...] Beine lang und schlank. Das Basalglied der Hintertarsen 1,3× so lang wie die restlichen Glieder zusammen.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:×.

#### Synonyms

* (multiplication): ·, *, x (now considered poor typography)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “multiplication”): ÷, /

#### Related terms

* (vector): ·

## Chinese
### Particle

* Used to refer to something not specified. Usually read as 某 (mǒu).
    王× ― wáng mǒu ― Mr./Ms. Wang; someone surnamed Wang
* Used to replace offensive characters. Usually read as 叉 (chā).
    傻× ― shǎ chā ― stupid

## Italian
### Symbol

* the multiplication sign, read per
* a symbol sometimes used to stand for the preposition per

## Japanese
### Symbol

×(ばつ) or ×(バツ) • (batsu)
* incorrect answer
×(ペケ) • (peke)
* impossibility, futility

#### Antonyms

* ✓(チェックマーク)
* (antonym(s) of “correct answer”):, ○(まるじるし) 丸(まる)印(じるし) (marujirushi)

## Russian
### Symbol

* multiplication sign, usually read as умно́жить (umnóžitʹ).

## Sylheti
### Punctuation mark

* A rarely used punctuation mark like semicolon (;).
    ꠎꠦꠁꠝꠔꠦ ꠨ ꠡꠣꠘ꠆ꠍꠤꠟ ꠨ ꠖꠘ ꠨ ꠡꠦꠁ ꠨ ꠝꠔꠦ ꠨ ꠙꠣꠄ ×zeimote, śansilo, don, śei, mɔte, fae;the way, save, savings, that, way, get;

## Turkish
### Symbol

* multiplication sign
    7 × 8 = 56

#### Synonyms

* çarpı
* çarpma işareti