┉
Box Drawings Heavy Quadruple Dash Horizontal
- Unicode
- U+2509
- Category
- Box Drawing
- HTML Entity
- ┉
- CSS
- \2509
The ┉ (Box Drawing Heavy Quadruple Dash Horizontal) symbol belongs to the Unicode Box Drawing block, which originated in early text-based computing. It represents a thick, horizontal border line broken into four distinct dashes. Today, developers and typography enthusiasts use it to design terminal interfaces, craft ASCII art, or create custom dividers in plain-text documents.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9481
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'box drawing'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2509
- HTML
- ┉
In Programming
Commonly used in command-line interface (CLI) applications and terminal output to render horizontal table borders, separate log entries, or build text-based user interfaces.
Tags
ASCII art line
bold dashed horizontal
border
box drawing
dingbat
heavy
heavy dashed line
heavy quadruple dash
horizontal
terminal UI
text divider
thick horizontal divider
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 Light Quadruple Dash Vertical
┋
Box Drawings Heavy Quadruple Dash Vertical
┌
Box Drawings Light Down and Right