Unicode Character "─" (U+2500)

The character ─ (Box Drawings Light Horizontal) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2500. It is encoded in the Box Drawing block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ─.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Box Drawings Light Horizontal
Unicode Codepoint U+2500
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Box Drawing
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2500 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ─
HTML (hex) ─
HTML (named) ─
URL Escape Code %E2%94%80
CSS \002500
JavaScript, JSON \u2500
C, C++, Java \u2500
Python \u2500
Rust \u{2500}
Ruby \u2500

How to type "─"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 0 0. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 0 0. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ─
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ─
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ─
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x94 0x80
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2500
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002500

References