Unicode Character "┬" (U+252C)

The character ┬ (Box Drawings Light Down And Horizontal) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+252C. 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 Down And Horizontal
Unicode Codepoint U+252C
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+252C Conversion

HTML (decimal) ┬
HTML (hex) ┬
HTML (named) ┬
URL Escape Code %E2%94%AC
CSS \00252C
JavaScript, JSON \u252C
C, C++, Java \u252C
Python \u252C
Rust \u{252C}
Ruby \u252C

How to type "┬"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x94 0xAC
UTF-16 (hex) 0x252C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000252C

References