Box Drawings Light Down And Left Symbol
┐ is a light box-drawing character used for a corner that connects right and down lines.
U+2510
The character ┐ is part of the Unicode Box Drawing set. It’s commonly used to build simple frames, borders, and diagrams in plain text. You can copy it directly or insert it using its Unicode code point.
Box Drawings Light Down And Left Symbol Meaning
┐ (Unicode U+2510) is the “BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND LEFT” character. Visually, it forms a corner piece: it draws a light line that goes down from the corner and another that extends to the left, making it useful when constructing boxed layouts. Because it’s thin and consistent with other box-drawing characters, it helps you create tidy borders in terminals, chat text, command-line interfaces, and plain-text UI mockups. In general use, it functions as a top-right style corner (depending on your chosen border orientation) that connects neatly to other box-drawing characters.
Common uses
- •Building ASCII/Unicode box borders and panels in text UIs
- •Creating corners in terminal menus and command-line help screens
- •Laying out simple diagrams in documentation using monospaced text
- •Designing chat or forum “card” frames with line-drawing characters
- •Composing grid-like layouts for mockups and quick visualizations
Examples
┐ Box Drawings Light Down and Left
- ┐┌────┐
- ┐│ Hi │
- ┐└─┬──┘
- ┐┐ Item ┌┘
- ┐┐ Corner piece
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+2510 | |
| HTML Entity | ┐ | |
| HTML Code | ┐ | |
| CSS | \2510 |
FAQ
What does the Box Drawings Light Down And Left symbol mean?
┐ (Unicode U+2510) is the “BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND LEFT” character. Visually, it forms a corner piece: it draws a light line that goes down from the corner and another that extends to the left, making it useful when constructing boxed layouts. Because it’s thin and consistent with other box-drawing characters, it helps you create tidy borders in terminals, chat text, command-line interfaces, and plain-text UI mockups. In general use, it functions as a top-right style corner (depending on your chosen border orientation) that connects neatly to other box-drawing characters.
What Unicode character is ┐?
┐ is Unicode “BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND LEFT” with code point U+2510.
How do I copy ┐ reliably across devices?
Copy the character directly from this page, or insert it by Unicode code point U+2510 using the escapes shown (HTML ┐ or CSS/JS escapes).
Is ┐ the same as an ASCII corner character?
It’s similar in role (a corner piece), but ┐ is a Unicode box-drawing character designed to match other box-drawing glyphs for consistent borders.
Where does ┐ fit in a box border?
Use it where you need the light corner that connects a downward line with a leftward line; it’s commonly part of top-right or right-side corner configurations depending on your border set.