Box Drawings Up Heavy And Horizontal Light Symbol
┸ is a box-drawing character used to create structured layouts with a heavy upward line and a light horizontal line.
U+2538
┸ (U+2538) is part of the Box Drawing character set. It’s commonly used in text UIs and monospace designs to connect borders and lines. You can copy it directly or use its HTML/CSS/JS escapes.
Box Drawings Up Heavy And Horizontal Light Symbol Meaning
┸ is a “box drawing” line character designed for ASCII-style and monospace UI diagrams. Specifically, it represents a corner/connector shape with a heavy vertical/“up” component and a light horizontal component, making it useful when you want visual hierarchy—e.g., heavier lines for emphasis and lighter lines for secondary structure. In practice, it helps form tables, panels, and textual dashboards where consistent line weight improves readability. Because it’s a Unicode box drawing glyph, it typically renders correctly in monospace fonts and many modern systems.
Common uses
- •Drawing panel borders and separators in terminal-style UIs
- •Creating table headers or section dividers in plain text layouts
- •Building simple ASCII art diagrams that need consistent line connections
- •Designing status or navigation boxes in chat bots and console apps
- •Enhancing readability of monospaced forms and dashboards
Examples
┸ Box Drawings Up Heavy and Horizontal Light
- ┸┸─── Info
- ┸┸────────────────
- ┸┸ Section title
- ┸│┸ Header row ┸│
- ┸┸─── Logs ───
Variations
Ready to copy
Technical codes
| Unicode | U+2538 | |
| HTML Entity | ┸ | |
| HTML Code | ┸ | |
| CSS | \2538 |
FAQ
What does the Box Drawings Up Heavy And Horizontal Light symbol mean?
┸ is a “box drawing” line character designed for ASCII-style and monospace UI diagrams. Specifically, it represents a corner/connector shape with a heavy vertical/“up” component and a light horizontal component, making it useful when you want visual hierarchy—e.g., heavier lines for emphasis and lighter lines for secondary structure. In practice, it helps form tables, panels, and textual dashboards where consistent line weight improves readability. Because it’s a Unicode box drawing glyph, it typically renders correctly in monospace fonts and many modern systems.
What is the Unicode code point for ┸?
┸ has Unicode code point U+2538.
How can I copy ┸ into HTML?
Use the HTML entity: ┸.
What escape can I use in CSS?
In CSS, you can use: \\2538.
Will ┸ always look correct?
It’s intended for monospace box-drawing use; it may look different or misaligned in non-monospace fonts.