Box Drawings Down Light And Horizontal Heavy Symbol
┯ is a box-drawing character used to connect a light vertical stroke down to a heavy horizontal line.
U+252F
The ┯ symbol (U+252F) is part of the Box Drawing block. It’s commonly used in plain-text interfaces to build clean borders and grid layouts. You can copy it directly or insert it using its character escapes in code.
Box Drawings Down Light And Horizontal Heavy Symbol Meaning
┯ (Unicode U+252F) is a box-drawing character described as “BOX DRAWINGS DOWN LIGHT AND HORIZONTAL HEAVY.” Visually, it combines a light vertical line extending downward with a heavy horizontal line, making it useful for emphasizing horizontal structure while keeping vertical connections lighter. In practice, this helps create readable text-based tables, framed panels, and UI separators where varying line weights improve clarity. It’s typically used as a junction at the top edge of a grid cell or to connect a horizontal border to a vertical continuation in ASCII/Unicode art.
Common uses
- •Creating text-based table headers with stronger horizontal separators
- •Building simple UI panels and borders in terminals or logs
- •Designing grid layouts in documentation using Unicode line art
- •Separating sections in plain-text forms and reports
- •Composing ASCII/Unicode dashboards where line weight improves readability
Examples
┯ Box Drawings Down Light and Horizontal Heavy
- ┯Header┯Row 1
- ┯┌────┯────┐
- ┯Menu title┯Options
- ┯Level 1┯Level 2
- ┯Status┯Details
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+252F | |
| HTML Entity | ┯ | |
| HTML Code | ┯ | |
| CSS | \252F | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 9519 | |
| Decimal | 9519 |
How to type Box Drawings Down Light And Horizontal Heavy Symbol (┯)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 9519 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type 252F then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type 252F. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 252f, then press Enter or Space.
Anywhere
Copy ┯ with the button above and paste it wherever you need it — this works on every device and in every app, with no keyboard shortcut to remember.
FAQ
What does the Box Drawings Down Light And Horizontal Heavy symbol mean?
┯ (Unicode U+252F) is a box-drawing character described as “BOX DRAWINGS DOWN LIGHT AND HORIZONTAL HEAVY.” Visually, it combines a light vertical line extending downward with a heavy horizontal line, making it useful for emphasizing horizontal structure while keeping vertical connections lighter. In practice, this helps create readable text-based tables, framed panels, and UI separators where varying line weights improve clarity. It’s typically used as a junction at the top edge of a grid cell or to connect a horizontal border to a vertical continuation in ASCII/Unicode art.
What is the Unicode code point for ┯?
┯ has Unicode code point U+252F.
How do I copy/paste ┯ into HTML?
You can use the HTML entity: ┯.
What line connection does ┯ represent?
It represents a light vertical stroke going down connected to a heavy horizontal line.
Can I insert ┯ using programming language escapes?
Yes. Examples from its escapes include CSS/hex: \\252F and JavaScript: \\u{252F}.