╁
Box Drawings Down Heavy and Up Horizontal Light
- Unicode
- U+2541
- Category
- Box Drawing
- HTML Entity
- ╁
- CSS
- \2541
The ╁ symbol, officially known as Box Drawing Down Heavy and Up Horizontal Light, is a typographic character used to construct text-based grids and frames. It features a thick downward-pointing vertical line crossing a thin horizontal line, forming a four-way intersection. Originally designed for legacy computing environments to draw graphical user interfaces in text mode, it is now primarily used by enthusiasts for ASCII art and retro terminal designs.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9537
- macOS
- Option+2541 (using Unicode Hex Input)
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2541 then Enter
- HTML
- ╁
In Programming
Developers use this character in command-line interfaces (CLI) and terminal applications to render stylized tables, directory trees, or UI borders without relying on a full graphical framework.
Tags
ASCII art
TUI
border
box drawing
command-line
cross
dingbat
light horizontal
intersection
four-way intersection
heavy down
retro computing
table
terminal UI
text-based interface
unicode box drawing
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