Box Drawings Heavy Vertical Symbol
┃ is the Box Drawings heavy vertical line character for text-based UI and layout.
U+2503
The character ┃ (U+2503) is a box-drawing glyph designed to render as a thick vertical divider. It’s commonly used in monospaced text to structure layouts and separate sections. This page helps you copy it reliably and understand where it fits best.
Box Drawings Heavy Vertical Symbol Meaning
┃ is a Unicode “Box Drawing Heavy Vertical” character (U+2503). Visually, it’s a heavy vertical line used as a divider or boundary when you’re composing text layouts. Unlike a plain pipe character (“|”), this box-drawing glyph is intended to align with other box elements (lines and corners) in monospace fonts, making it useful for simple UI frames, status panels, tables, and progress/segmentation indicators. It generally doesn’t have a widely recognized symbolic meaning beyond being a graphic divider in text and console-style displays. For best results, use a monospace font so its width and alignment stay consistent.
Common uses
- •Vertical section divider in monospaced text layouts
- •Building simple text panels, dashboards, or console-style UI
- •Separating columns in ASCII/Unicode tables
- •Marking boundaries between steps or categories in lists
- •Creating menu or legend separators in terminal output
Examples
┃ Box Drawings Heavy Vertical
- ┃Level 1 ┃ Level 2 ┃ Level 3
- ┃Name ┃ Role ┃ Status
- ┃┃ Warning: Check input ┃
- ┃Step 1 ┃ Step 2 ┃ Step 3
- ┃Left section ┃ Right section
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+2503 | |
| HTML Entity | ┃ | |
| HTML Code | ┃ | |
| CSS | \2503 | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 9475 | |
| Decimal | 9475 |
How to type Box Drawings Heavy Vertical Symbol (┃)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 9475 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type 2503 then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type 2503. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 2503, 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 Vertical symbol mean?
┃ is a Unicode “Box Drawing Heavy Vertical” character (U+2503). Visually, it’s a heavy vertical line used as a divider or boundary when you’re composing text layouts. Unlike a plain pipe character (“|”), this box-drawing glyph is intended to align with other box elements (lines and corners) in monospace fonts, making it useful for simple UI frames, status panels, tables, and progress/segmentation indicators. It generally doesn’t have a widely recognized symbolic meaning beyond being a graphic divider in text and console-style displays. For best results, use a monospace font so its width and alignment stay consistent.
What Unicode character is ┃?
┃ is “BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY VERTICAL” with Unicode code point U+2503.
How do I copy and paste ┃?
Copy the character directly from this page. For reliability, paste it into a monospace/editor/terminal where box drawing glyphs render correctly.
Is ┃ the same as the regular pipe character (|)?
No. ┃ is a box-drawing glyph meant for layout alignment, while | is a standard punctuation character and may not match the thickness/alignment you want for boxes.
What font should I use for best alignment?
Use a monospace font so the box-drawing character aligns well with other box elements in text-based UI or tables.