Unicode Character "┃" (U+2503)

The character ┃ (Box Drawings Heavy Vertical) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2503. 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 Heavy Vertical
Unicode Codepoint U+2503
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+2503 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ┃
HTML (hex) ┃
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%94%83
CSS \002503
JavaScript, JSON \u2503
C, C++, Java \u2503
Python \u2503
Rust \u{2503}
Ruby \u2503

How to type "┃"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 0 3. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 0 3. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x94 0x83
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2503
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002503

References