┡
Box Drawings Down Light and Right Up Heavy
- Unicode
- U+2521
- Category
- Box Drawing
- HTML Entity
- ┡
- CSS
- \2521
The ┡ (Box Drawing Down Light and Right Up Heavy) symbol is a text-based graphical character used to construct borders, tables, and structured layouts in terminal applications. It forms a left-aligned T-junction that features thick upward and rightward strokes paired with a thin downward stroke. Originally essential for building text user interfaces (TUIs) in legacy systems like MS-DOS, developers and ASCII artists still use it today to design clean, visual console dashboards.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9505
- macOS
- Option+2521 (with Unicode Hex Input enabled)
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2521
- HTML
- ┡
In Programming
Commonly used in command-line interface (CLI) applications and script outputs to draw complex tables and window frames directly in the text console.
Tags
ASCII border
CLI dashboard
T-junction
TUI
border
box drawing
dingbat
down light
heavy junction
left
monospace
right up heavy
table
terminal table
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