╗
Box Drawings Double Down and Left
- Unicode
- U+2557
- Category
- Box Drawing
- HTML Entity
- ╗
- CSS
- \2557
The ╗ (Box Drawings Double Down and Left) symbol forms the top-right corner of a double-lined graphical box. Originally introduced in legacy computing systems like MS-DOS to create text-based user interfaces, it remains highly relevant today in terminal applications, ASCII art, and plain-text data tables. You will often see it paired with other double-line characters to frame text blocks or build structural grids without relying on modern graphics.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9559
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'box drawing'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U 2557
- HTML
- ╗
In Programming
Developers use this character extensively in command-line interface (CLI) tools and terminal scripts to render clean, double-bordered UI elements. It helps visually separate menus, dialogue boxes, or important alerts within plain-text console applications.
Tags
ASCII box corner
HTML entity 9559
MS-DOS character
TUI
border
box drawing
box drawing corner
dingbat
double line
double line corner
frame
table
terminal UI
text border
top-right corner
unicode 2557
Related Symbols
─
Box Drawings Light Horizontal
━
Box Drawings Heavy Horizontal
│
Box Drawings Light Vertical
┃
Box Drawings Heavy Vertical
┄
Box Drawings Light Triple Dash Horizontal
┅
Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Horizontal
┆
Box Drawings Light Triple Dash Vertical
┇
Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Vertical
┈
Box Drawings Light Quadruple Dash Horizontal
┉
Box Drawings Heavy Quadruple Dash Horizontal
┊
Box Drawings Light Quadruple Dash Vertical
┋
Box Drawings Heavy Quadruple Dash Vertical