Box Drawings Up Heavy And Left Down Light Symbol
┦ is a Unicode box-drawing symbol for connecting heavy and light lines in text-based layouts.
U+2526
┦ is a Unicode box-drawing character designed for assembling borders and connection points. It’s commonly used when you want mixed line weights in a text UI or diagram. You can copy it directly or use its code point in web code.
Box Drawings Up Heavy And Left Down Light Symbol Meaning
┦ (Unicode U+2526) is a box drawing character named “box drawings up heavy and left down light.” The visual intent is to represent a junction where a heavy line goes upward while a lighter line segment extends to the left and downward direction. In practice, this makes it useful for constructing text-mode frames, tables, and interface mockups that rely on Unicode box drawing for crisp, consistent structure. It’s best understood as part of a set: combining it with other box-drawing characters helps form corners, tees, and border segments with varying thickness.
Common uses
- •Building text-based UI panels with mixed heavy/light borders
- •Creating ASCII/Unicode table frames in plain text editors
- •Designing console or terminal mockups that use box-drawing characters
- •Laying out lightweight diagram elements in documentation or READMEs
- •Formatting chat or collaboration tools that support Unicode rendering
Examples
┦ Box Drawings Up Heavy And Left Down Light
- ┦┌─────┬─────┐
- ┦│ A ┃ B │
- ┦┼─────┼─────┼
- ┦┦ Network status
- ┦┌─┦─┐ Section
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+2526 | |
| HTML Entity | ┦ | |
| HTML Code | ┦ | |
| CSS | \2526 | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 9510 | |
| Decimal | 9510 |
How to type Box Drawings Up Heavy And Left Down Light Symbol (┦)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 9510 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type 2526 then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type 2526. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 2526, 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 Up Heavy And Left Down Light symbol mean?
┦ (Unicode U+2526) is a box drawing character named “box drawings up heavy and left down light.” The visual intent is to represent a junction where a heavy line goes upward while a lighter line segment extends to the left and downward direction. In practice, this makes it useful for constructing text-mode frames, tables, and interface mockups that rely on Unicode box drawing for crisp, consistent structure. It’s best understood as part of a set: combining it with other box-drawing characters helps form corners, tees, and border segments with varying thickness.
What is the Unicode code point for ┦?
The code point is U+2526.
How do I copy ┦ into HTML?
You can use the HTML entity ┦.
How can I use ┦ in CSS?
Use the CSS escape \\2526 (for example, in a content property).
Is ┦ part of a box-drawing set?
Yes. It’s designed to work with other Unicode box-drawing characters to form borders and junctions.