![]() ![]() In Japan, the O mark is used instead of the check mark, and the X or ✓ mark are commonly used for wrong. The opposite, "correct", is marked with ⋅ / ⋅ \cdot \!/\!\cdot, a slanted vertical line emphasized with two dots (also see commercial minus sign). In Finnish, ✓ stands for väärin, i.e., "wrong", due to its similarity to a slanted v. It is common in Swedish schools for a ✓ to indicate that an answer is incorrect, while "R", from the Swedish rätt, i.e., "correct", is used to indicate that an answer is correct. In other language communities, there are different conventions. The check mark is a predominant affirmative symbol of convenience in the English-speaking world because of its instant and simple composition. Printed forms, printed documents, and computer software (see checkbox) commonly include squares in which to place check marks. 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." Īs a verb, to check (off) or tick (off) means to add such a mark. in the United Kingdom), but otherwise usually indicates "no", incorrectness, or failure. The x mark is also sometimes used for this purpose (most notably on election ballot papers, e.g. "yes this has been verified", "yes that is the correct answer", "yes this has been completed", or "yes this applies"). As I said earlier, the gray single tick mark will persist if you sent a message to someone who already blocked you.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. Note that the web version of WhatsApp ( ) doesn’t have this feature yet (at the time of writing this article).īy all these means, you shouldn’t have trouble understanding a message’s status in WhatsApp, unless you are blocked by the recipient. It will then show you the timestamps of the message’s status. Official FAQ has more details on message info. To know it, simply tap and hold on the message and choose Info button or icon, depending on Android or iOS. WhatsApp also lets you know the time when a message has been delivered and when it was seen/read. Manually seeing Timestamps of a message’s delivery and seen status Because they might leave the phone having the WhatsApp open. The blue marks also doesn’t necessarily means he or she did read your message. But if the recipient has disabled Read receipt in privacy settings, you will never see these blue marks. Message opened by recipient The final double blue check mark means the message has been read or opened by the recipient. Or someone can easily read your message from desktop if he or she is mirroring Android notifications to desktop.Ĥ. ![]() For example, on Android, a short message can be read from the notification bar without even opening the app. This doesn’t necessarily means that the recipient hasn’t read your message. Or he/she has an outdated version of WhatsApp.Recipient might have disabled internet connection (or having connection issues) or switched off the phone since the message has been delivered.Recipient might have disabled Read receipts is WhatsApp’s privacy settings.Recipient may not have opened your conversation.If your message is stuck with this double gray tick mark, this means: Recipient should have got a sound notification for the delivery. Message delivered to recipient This double gray tick mark means your message has been sent (delivered) to the recipient’s phone, but the recipient has not yet open or read the message. You can find more details on single check mark in official FAQ page.ģ. Phone is offline (no internet connection).There are several reasons why your message is stuck with this single check mark: Message sent to server As long as the single gray tick mark is there, this means the message has been successfully sent to WhatsApp server but not reached to recipient’s phone. If it’s still there, this means either your phone has no internet connection, or your phone experiencing problem connection to WhatsApp server.Ģ. Depending on your interned connection, this icon shouldn’t stick there for more than five seconds. Message not sent This gray clock icon indicates that your message has not left your phone yet. ![]()
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