╶
Box Drawing 119
- Unicode
- U+2576
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ╶
- CSS
- \2576
The Box Drawing Light Right symbol (╶) is a legacy computing character originally designed for text-based interfaces and terminal environments. It represents a short horizontal line segment extending from the center to the right, historically used to construct UI borders, menus, or connecting lines in text mode. Today, it remains popular in ASCII art, command-line directory visualizations, and retro-style terminal design.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt + 9590
- macOS
- Control + Command + Space then search 'box drawing light right'
- Linux
- Ctrl + Shift + U then 2576 then Space
- HTML
- ╶
In Programming
In programming, this symbol is frequently used in console output to format directory trees, creating a clear visual hierarchy for folder structures and dependencies.
Tags
CLI
U+2576
ascii art
border
box drawing
command line
dingbat
directory tree
horizontal line
line segment
plain text
table
terminal UI
text graphics
unicode