Box Drawings Heavy Up Symbol
A heavy box-drawing character for creating structured vertical lines in text.
U+2579
╹ is a box-drawing symbol designed for building neat layouts in plain text. You’ll often see it in text-based interfaces, diagrams, and decorative separators. Copy it anywhere you need a heavy “upward” box line.
Box Drawings Heavy Up Symbol Meaning
The character ╹ is “BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY UP” with Unicode code point U+2579. In practice, it acts like a thick box-drawing segment that visually connects to other box characters when you’re drawing frames, corners, or vertical structures. Because it’s part of the Box Drawing block, it tends to align well in monospace fonts, making it useful for UI mockups, ASCII/Unicode diagrams, and structured text decorations. It’s commonly used as a building block next to other box-drawing characters to suggest direction and connection within a larger frame.
Common uses
- •Creating vertical line segments in ASCII/Unicode UI mockups
- •Building framed text layouts and boxed sections in documentation
- •Designing separators and decorative side elements in plain text
- •Composing simple diagrams where thick lines improve readability
- •Annotating workflows or steps using box-drawing connectors
Examples
╹ Box Drawings Heavy Up
- ╹Status ╹ Online
- ╹┌────╹────┐
- ╹Step 1 ╹ Step 2
- ╹Item List\n╹ Active\n╹ Pending
- ╹Connector: ╹
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+2579 | |
| HTML Entity | ╹ | |
| HTML Code | ╹ | |
| CSS | \2579 | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 9593 | |
| Decimal | 9593 |
How to type Box Drawings Heavy Up Symbol (╹)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 9593 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type 2579 then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type 2579. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 2579, 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 Heavy Up symbol mean?
The character ╹ is “BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY UP” with Unicode code point U+2579. In practice, it acts like a thick box-drawing segment that visually connects to other box characters when you’re drawing frames, corners, or vertical structures. Because it’s part of the Box Drawing block, it tends to align well in monospace fonts, making it useful for UI mockups, ASCII/Unicode diagrams, and structured text decorations. It’s commonly used as a building block next to other box-drawing characters to suggest direction and connection within a larger frame.
What Unicode character is ╹?
It’s the Unicode “BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY UP” character (U+2579).
How do I type or copy ╹?
Copy it from this page, or use its Unicode forms: HTML entity ╹ and CSS escape \\2579.
Will ╹ line up correctly in my text?
It’s best used with monospace fonts, where box-drawing characters align consistently.
What is ╹ typically used for?
It’s commonly used as a heavy box-drawing segment to build vertical or connected frame elements in text.