Box Drawings Left Heavy And Right Vertical Light Symbol
A box-drawing character showing a heavy left line and a light vertical line on the right.
U+253D
┽ (U+253D) is a box drawing character designed for building UI frames, panels, and ASCII-style layouts. It’s commonly used when you want a stronger left edge paired with a lighter vertical divider. You can copy it directly or include it via Unicode escapes in code.
Box Drawings Left Heavy And Right Vertical Light Symbol Meaning
┽ is a Unicode box-drawing character named “BOX DRAWINGS LEFT HEAVY AND RIGHT VERTICAL LIGHT” (U+253D). As its name suggests, it combines line weights: the left side uses a heavy stroke, while the right side uses a lighter vertical stroke. This makes it useful for creating panel edges, structured table borders, and decorative separators where contrast between sides improves readability. In practice, you’ll often use it as part of a larger box-drawing set, combining it with neighboring box characters to form corners, joins, and vertical dividers that match the same visual style.
Common uses
- •Framing UI panels with a heavier left border and lighter right divider
- •Building text-based tables where side borders need mixed weight
- •Creating ASCII/Unicode dashboards with consistent box-drawing sets
- •Separating sections in terminal output or console logs
- •Designing simple diagrams and flow layouts in plain text
Examples
┽ Box Drawings Left Heavy and Right Vertical Light
- ┽Left heavy ┽ right divider
- ┽┽ Column A | Column B
- ┽┽ Section header
- ┽┽┄┄ Vertical divider line
- ┽┽ Panel boundary
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+253D | |
| HTML Entity | ┽ | |
| HTML Code | ┽ | |
| CSS | \253D | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 9533 | |
| Decimal | 9533 |
How to type Box Drawings Left Heavy And Right Vertical Light Symbol (┽)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 9533 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type 253D then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type 253D. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 253d, 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 Left Heavy And Right Vertical Light symbol mean?
┽ is a Unicode box-drawing character named “BOX DRAWINGS LEFT HEAVY AND RIGHT VERTICAL LIGHT” (U+253D). As its name suggests, it combines line weights: the left side uses a heavy stroke, while the right side uses a lighter vertical stroke. This makes it useful for creating panel edges, structured table borders, and decorative separators where contrast between sides improves readability. In practice, you’ll often use it as part of a larger box-drawing set, combining it with neighboring box characters to form corners, joins, and vertical dividers that match the same visual style.
What is the Unicode code point for ┽?
The Unicode code point for ┽ is U+253D.
How do I copy ┽ into HTML?
Use the HTML entity: ┽ (as provided for this symbol).
How can I include ┽ in CSS?
You can use the CSS escape form: \\253D.
How do I include ┽ in JavaScript?
You can use the JavaScript unicode escape: \\u{253D}.