Box Drawings Light Arc Down And Left Symbol
╮ is a light box-drawing character that forms an arc shape connecting down and left.
U+256E
╮ is a Unicode box drawing symbol designed for lightweight line art. It’s useful for making borders, corners, and connected arcs in text. You can copy it directly or use its Unicode code point in code.
Box Drawings Light Arc Down And Left Symbol Meaning
╮ (U+256E) is part of the Unicode “Box Drawing” set. The name “BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT ARC DOWN AND LEFT” describes its shape: it draws a light arc that connects downward and to the left. In practice, it helps create rounded corners or arc transitions when building text-based interfaces, layouts, and diagrams. Designers often combine it with other box drawing characters to form consistent borders. Because it’s a single character, it can be easier than manually drawing ASCII approximations and can render neatly in fonts that support Unicode box drawing.
Common uses
- •Creating rounded corners or arc transitions in text-based UI borders
- •Building table-like layouts and separators in terminal or chat interfaces
- •Designing simple flow diagrams where lines connect down and left
- •Enhancing ASCII/Unicode art with cleaner box-drawing shapes
- •Adding decorative framing for headings and labeled sections in documents
Examples
╮ Box Drawings Light Arc Down and Left
- ╮Menu ╮ Options
- ╮┌─╮ Download folder ╮
- ╮Status: OK ╮ next step
- ╮╭╮╯╮ ──╮ (connected arc)
- ╮Step 2 ╮ Step 3
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+256E | |
| HTML Entity | ╮ | |
| HTML Code | ╮ | |
| CSS | \256E |
FAQ
What does the Box Drawings Light Arc Down And Left symbol mean?
╮ (U+256E) is part of the Unicode “Box Drawing” set. The name “BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT ARC DOWN AND LEFT” describes its shape: it draws a light arc that connects downward and to the left. In practice, it helps create rounded corners or arc transitions when building text-based interfaces, layouts, and diagrams. Designers often combine it with other box drawing characters to form consistent borders. Because it’s a single character, it can be easier than manually drawing ASCII approximations and can render neatly in fonts that support Unicode box drawing.
What is ╮ called in Unicode?
It’s “BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT ARC DOWN AND LEFT” (U+256E).
How do I copy and paste ╮?
Copy the character “╮” from this page and paste it into your document, editor, or design tool.
What’s the Unicode code point for this symbol?
The Unicode code point is U+256E.
Will it display correctly everywhere?
It should work in any font that supports Unicode box drawing characters; otherwise it may appear as a fallback glyph.