┺
Box Drawings Left Light and Right Up Heavy
- Unicode
- U+253A
- Category
- Box Drawing
- HTML Entity
- ┺
- CSS
- \253A
The ┺ (Box Drawing Left Light and Right Up Heavy) symbol is a text-based graphic character originally used to build structured tables and interfaces in legacy computing environments. It forms a bottom-edge T-intersection where the top and right lines are thick, while the left line is thin. Today, developers and digital artists rely on it to design retro command-line dashboards, text-based games, and intricate ASCII art.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9530
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "box drawing"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 253A
- HTML
- ┺
In Programming
Programmers use this symbol alongside other box-drawing characters to render graphical user interfaces, tables, and grids directly within command-line applications. It helps visually structure data output in text-only terminals without requiring external graphical libraries.
Tags
ANSI art
ASCII art
TUI
border
bottom
box drawing
command-line
dingbat
grid character
line drawing
retro computing
t-junction
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