Box Drawings Down Light And Right Up Heavy Symbol
A box-drawing line character with a light down segment and a heavy right/up segment.
U+2521
┡ (Box Drawings Down Light and Right Up Heavy) is a Unicode box-drawing character. It helps you build text-based borders and structured layouts with mixed line weights. Use it anywhere you need a clean, monospace-friendly line segment.
Box Drawings Down Light And Right Up Heavy Symbol Meaning
The character ┡ is a box drawing symbol designed to show a junction with mixed visual weight. Its Unicode name indicates a light line going down and a heavier line extending to the right and up, making it useful when you want a border that visually emphasizes one direction while keeping another direction lighter. In practice, it’s commonly used as part of ASCII/Unicode art frames, panel borders, or UI outlines in monospace text. Because it’s intended for box drawing, it generally works best in environments with a monospaced font and consistent character spacing.
Common uses
- •Creating ASCII/Unicode UI borders and panel frames in terminal or chat apps
- •Building table-like layouts where line weight adds visual structure
- •Designing simple diagrams and flowchart boxes in plain text
- •Enhancing readability of text mockups using mixed line styles
- •Composing banner lines and separators in monospace social posts
Examples
┡ Box Drawings Down Light and Right Up Heavy
- ┡┌─┡─┐
- ┡| ┡ |
- ┡└─┡──┘
- ┡Top ┡ Mid ┡ Bottom
- ┡Frame: ┡────┘
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+2521 | |
| HTML Entity | ┡ | |
| HTML Code | ┡ | |
| CSS | \2521 | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 9505 | |
| Decimal | 9505 |
How to type Box Drawings Down Light And Right Up Heavy Symbol (┡)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 9505 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type 2521 then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type 2521. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 2521, 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 Right Up Heavy symbol mean?
The character ┡ is a box drawing symbol designed to show a junction with mixed visual weight. Its Unicode name indicates a light line going down and a heavier line extending to the right and up, making it useful when you want a border that visually emphasizes one direction while keeping another direction lighter. In practice, it’s commonly used as part of ASCII/Unicode art frames, panel borders, or UI outlines in monospace text. Because it’s intended for box drawing, it generally works best in environments with a monospaced font and consistent character spacing.
What font works best with ┡?
A monospace font is recommended so the box-drawing lines align correctly.
How do I type or copy ┡ reliably?
Copy it directly from this page, or use the provided escapes in code (e.g., CSS escape \\2521 or JavaScript \\u{2521}).
Does ┡ always mean the same thing across platforms?
It’s standardized by Unicode as a box-drawing character; however, the look can vary slightly with font support and rendering.
Where is ┡ most useful?
It’s most useful for drawing borders, junctions, and structured text layouts where mixed line weight improves clarity.