╶
Box Drawings Light Right
- Unicode
- U+2576
- Category
- Box Drawing
- HTML Entity
- ╶
- CSS
- \2576
The Box Drawing Light Right symbol (╶) is a legacy computing character originally designed for text-based interfaces and terminal environments. It represents a short horizontal line segment extending from the center to the right, historically used to construct UI borders, menus, or connecting lines in text mode. Today, it remains popular in ASCII art, command-line directory visualizations, and retro-style terminal design.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt + 9590
- macOS
- Control + Command + Space then search 'box drawing light right'
- Linux
- Ctrl + Shift + U then 2576 then Space
- HTML
- ╶
In Programming
In programming, this symbol is frequently used in console output to format directory trees, creating a clear visual hierarchy for folder structures and dependencies.
Tags
CLI
U+2576
ascii art
border
box drawing
command line
dingbat
directory tree
horizontal line
line segment
plain text
table
terminal UI
text graphics
unicode
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