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

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