Box Drawings Right Down Heavy And Left Up Light Symbol
A box drawing character with a heavy right-down line and a light left-up line for diagram and UI layouts.
U+2546
╆ (U+2546) is part of the Box Drawing block used to create borders and structured text layouts. It’s useful when you need mixed-weight line styling in a single character. Copy it directly or use its Unicode/HTML escapes in your code.
Box Drawings Right Down Heavy And Left Up Light Symbol Meaning
The symbol ╆ (Unicode U+2546) is a box drawing character described as “RIGHT DOWN HEAVY AND LEFT UP LIGHT”. Visually, it combines a heavier stroke in one diagonal direction (to the right and down) with a lighter stroke in the opposite diagonal direction (to the left and up). This makes it handy for creating stylized borders, corners, or diagonal connectors inside monospaced text designs. Like many box drawing characters, its main purpose is layout and readability in text UIs, terminal output, and plain-text diagrams where consistent character widths matter.
Common uses
- •Creating diagonal connectors in monospaced ASCII/Unicode diagrams
- •Styling table or panel edges with mixed line weights
- •Building lightweight UI frames in terminal or chat text
- •Designing schematic-style layouts in plain text documents
- •Enhancing divider lines and corner details in fixed-width layouts
Examples
╆ Box Drawings Right Down Heavy And Left Up Light
- ╆┌──╆──┐
- ╆A ╆ B
- ╆Start ╆ Continue
- ╆┏╆┓
- ╆[Item]╆[Price]
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+2546 | |
| HTML Entity | ╆ | |
| HTML Code | ╆ | |
| CSS | \2546 |
FAQ
What is the Unicode for ╆?
The Unicode code point for ╆ is U+2546.
How do I copy ╆ from this page?
Copy the character directly (╆) or use the escape forms shown in your editor: CSS \\2546 or JavaScript \\u{2546}.
Does ╆ require a monospaced font?
It’s best in monospaced fonts, since box drawing characters are designed for consistent character cell alignment.
What does “right down heavy and left up light” mean?
It describes the diagonal styling: the stroke is heavier on the right-down diagonal and lighter on the left-up diagonal.