┳
Box Drawing 52
- Unicode
- U+2533
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ┳
- CSS
- \2533
The ┳ (Box Drawing Heavy Down and Horizontal) symbol is a text-based character originally designed to draw thick tables, grids, and user interfaces in legacy terminal environments. Serving as a top-edge T-junction, it connects a horizontal bar with a downward vertical line to organize structural diagrams. In modern internet culture, it frequently acts as a sturdy tabletop in ASCII art, most notably in the classic "putting the table back" kaomoji: ┳━┳ ノ( ゜-゜ノ).
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9523
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "box drawing heavy down"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2533
- HTML
- ┳
In Programming
Developers use this character to render text-based user interfaces (TUIs), format data tables in console outputs, and draw thick top-level directory branches in command-line applications.
Tags
ASCII table piece
CLI table design
U+2533
border
box drawing
box drawing heavy down and horizontal
dingbat
heavy t-junction
internet meme character
putting table back
retro computing border
t-junction
table
table flip kaomoji
terminal top edge
top
unicode 2533
unicode box drawing
┳━┳ kaomoji