Box Drawings Up Light And Down Horizontal Heavy Symbol
A box-drawing glyph with light upward direction and heavy horizontal structure for creating text-based frames.
U+2548
╈ is a Unicode box drawing character used to build structured layouts in plain text. It’s especially handy when you want thicker horizontal lines combined with a lighter vertical direction. You can copy it directly or insert it using its Unicode code point.
Box Drawings Up Light And Down Horizontal Heavy Symbol Meaning
╈ (Unicode: U+2548) is part of the “Box Drawing” block. Its design combines a light upward connection with a heavy horizontal bar, making it useful as a junction or connector in text UIs, tables, and ASCII/Unicode frames. In practice, it helps create clearer separation between horizontal sections while keeping vertical detail visually lighter. Because it’s a box-drawing glyph, it doesn’t represent a general concept on its own—its value comes from layout and styling consistency in monospaced or UI text where characters align.
Common uses
- •Creating borders and separators in terminal or console-style UIs
- •Designing text tables and grid-like layouts in documentation
- •Building simple dashboards using monospaced typography
- •Enhancing headings and section dividers in plain-text reports
- •Composing dialog boxes or framed sections in chat or logs
Examples
╈ Box Drawings Up Light and Down Horizontal Heavy
- ╈Server Status ╈ Online
- ╈Section A ╈ Section B
- ╈───────╈────────
- ╈Log Start ╈ Log End
- ╈Grid ╈ Row Header
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+2548 | |
| HTML Entity | ╈ | |
| HTML Code | ╈ | |
| CSS | \2548 | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 9544 | |
| Decimal | 9544 |
How to type Box Drawings Up Light And Down Horizontal Heavy Symbol (╈)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 9544 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type 2548 then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type 2548. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 2548, 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 Light And Down Horizontal Heavy symbol mean?
╈ (Unicode: U+2548) is part of the “Box Drawing” block. Its design combines a light upward connection with a heavy horizontal bar, making it useful as a junction or connector in text UIs, tables, and ASCII/Unicode frames. In practice, it helps create clearer separation between horizontal sections while keeping vertical detail visually lighter. Because it’s a box-drawing glyph, it doesn’t represent a general concept on its own—its value comes from layout and styling consistency in monospaced or UI text where characters align.
What is the Unicode code point for ╈?
The symbol ╈ is U+2548.
How do I insert ╈ in HTML?
Use the HTML entity ╈.
How do I insert ╈ in CSS?
You can use the CSS escape \\2548.
How do I insert ╈ in JavaScript?
Use the JavaScript escape \\u{2548}.