╄
Box Drawings Right Up Heavy and Left Down Light
- Unicode
- U+2544
- Category
- Box Drawing
- HTML Entity
- ╄
- CSS
- \2544
The ╄ symbol is a box-drawing character that forms a four-way cross intersection where the top and right lines are thick (heavy) and the bottom and left lines are thin (light). Originating from legacy text-based computing systems like MS-DOS, it was essential for drawing user interface frames, tables, and structural grids before graphical interfaces became standard. Today, it is frequently used by developers in command-line environments, retro ASCII art, and text-based diagrams.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9540
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space, search "box drawing"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2544, then press Enter
- HTML
- ╄
In Programming
Used primarily in text-based user interfaces (TUIs) and console applications to render complex table borders, directory trees, or visually distinct grid intersections.
Tags
CLI
DOS interface
TUI
ascii art
border
box drawing
command line
cross
dingbat
intersection
mixed weight intersection
monospace
retro computing
table
terminal ui
text graphics
text-mode
unicode box drawing
up heavy
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