Box Drawings Up Heavy And Right Down Light Symbol
A box-drawing character for combining heavy and light line styles in UI and layout outlines.
U+251E
┞ (U+251E) is a box drawing symbol from the Unicode Box Drawing block. It’s useful when you want line segments that visually suggest direction with mixed stroke weights.
Box Drawings Up Heavy And Right Down Light Symbol Meaning
The character ┞ is a box drawing glyph described as “UP HEAVY AND RIGHT DOWN LIGHT.” In practice, it helps you construct ASCII/terminal-style panels, bordered layouts, and diagram lines where one connection direction is emphasized (heavy) while the other is lighter. Because it’s part of Unicode’s box drawing set, it aligns well with other box characters when you’re building borders, frames, or simple schematics in plain text. Use it as a junction piece where the top segment should look heavier and the right/down segment should look lighter, matching the style of the surrounding box drawing characters.
Common uses
- •Building text-based UI frames and bordered panels in terminals
- •Creating table and grid outlines with consistent box-drawing characters
- •Designing simple flow diagrams or schematics in plain text
- •Styling headings, separators, or section boxes in documentation
- •Composing dashboards or status layouts using monospaced text
Examples
┞ Box Drawings Up Heavy and Right Down Light
- ┞Server status\n┞ CPU: 72%\n MEM: 61%
- ┞Menu\n┞ Settings\n Help
- ┞Panel header line\n┞ Downloads
- ┞Grid corner junction\n┞───┐\n│ │\n└───┘
- ┞Diagram connector\n┞───> next step
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+251E | |
| HTML Entity | ┞ | |
| HTML Code | ┞ | |
| CSS | \251E |
FAQ
What does the Box Drawings Up Heavy And Right Down Light symbol mean?
The character ┞ is a box drawing glyph described as “UP HEAVY AND RIGHT DOWN LIGHT.” In practice, it helps you construct ASCII/terminal-style panels, bordered layouts, and diagram lines where one connection direction is emphasized (heavy) while the other is lighter. Because it’s part of Unicode’s box drawing set, it aligns well with other box characters when you’re building borders, frames, or simple schematics in plain text. Use it as a junction piece where the top segment should look heavier and the right/down segment should look lighter, matching the style of the surrounding box drawing characters.
What Unicode character is ┞?
┞ is the Unicode box drawing character at U+251E.
How do I copy ┞ for use in code or text?
Copy the symbol directly from this page, or paste the Unicode escape like \\u{251E} in JavaScript, depending on your environment.
Is ┞ meant for monospaced layouts?
Yes—box drawing characters are designed to look best in monospaced fonts where the glyphs align consistently.
What’s the difference between “heavy” and “light” in this symbol’s name?
The name indicates mixed stroke weight: the up connection is heavy, while the right/down connection is light, helping match the style of surrounding box characters.