╢
Box Drawings Vertical Double and Left Single
- Unicode
- U+2562
- Category
- Box Drawing
- HTML Entity
- ╢
- CSS
- \2562
The ╢ (Box Drawing Vertical Double and Left Single) symbol is a legacy character originally designed for creating text-based user interfaces in early DOS and terminal environments. It features a vertical double line intersecting with a single horizontal line pointing left. Today, it is primarily used in ASCII art, retro gaming aesthetics, and command-line terminal designs to draw structural borders and grids.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9570
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'box drawing'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2562
- HTML
- ╢
In Programming
This symbol is heavily utilized in console-based applications and terminal scripts to render text-based tables, menus, and grid borders. Developers rely on it alongside other box-drawing characters to build structured graphical layouts without needing an actual graphical user interface (GUI).
Tags
ascii art border
border
box drawing
box drawing vertical double left single
cli formatting
copy paste symbol
dingbat
dos character
double line
double vertical single horizontal
frame
retro computing
table
terminal table
text ui
unicode box character
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