┞
Box Drawing 31
- Unicode
- U+251E
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ┞
- CSS
- \251E
The ┞ (Box Drawing Vertical Heavy and Right Light) symbol is a text-based graphical character belonging to the Unicode Box Drawing block. Originally essential for constructing structural grids and user interfaces in legacy terminal environments like MS-DOS, it features a thick vertical line branching into a thin horizontal line. Today, it remains a staple in command-line interface (CLI) design, monospaced text formatting, and retro ASCII art.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt + 9502
- macOS
- Option + 251E (with Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled)
- Linux
- Ctrl + Shift + U, 251e, Space
- HTML
- ┞
In Programming
Developers use this character in terminal outputs and command-line applications to render structured user interface elements like data tables or directory trees. It is specifically designed to visually connect a heavy outer text-window border with a light inner dividing row.
Tags
ASCII table
CLI design
MS-DOS text art
T-junction
TUI
border
box drawing
dingbat
heavy vertical
left
light right
mixed weight
monospace
table
terminal UI
unicode box