╊
Box Drawings Left Light and Right Vertical Heavy
- Unicode
- U+254A
- Category
- Box Drawing
- HTML Entity
- ╊
- CSS
- \254A
The ╊ (Box Drawing Left Light And Right Vertical Heavy) symbol is a legacy computing character originally used to construct text-based user interfaces and grids. Originating from early character-cell terminals and MS-DOS environments, it represents a cross-shaped intersection where the top, bottom, and right lines are thick, while the left-pointing line is thin. Today, developers and retro-computing enthusiasts still use it in command-line interfaces, ASCII art, and terminal dashboards to draw structured tables and geometric patterns.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9546
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "box drawing"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 254A
- HTML
- ╊
In Programming
In programming, this symbol is primarily used in command-line applications and text-based user interfaces (TUIs) to format tabular data or render box-drawn graphics. It is often utilized alongside libraries that generate terminal grids, such as ncurses in C or rich in Python.
Tags
CLI
TUI
ascii art
border
box drawing
command line
cross
dingbat
intersection
left light right heavy
mixed weight cross
monospace
retro computing
table
terminal ui
text graphics
thick right arm
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