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 |
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.