Unicode Character "┻" (U+253B)

The character ┻ (Box Drawings Heavy Up And Horizontal) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+253B. 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 Up And Horizontal
Unicode Codepoint U+253B
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+253B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ┻
HTML (hex) ┻
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%94%BB
CSS \00253B
JavaScript, JSON \u253B
C, C++, Java \u253B
Python \u253B
Rust \u{253B}
Ruby \u253B

How to type "┻"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x94 0xBB
UTF-16 (hex) 0x253B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000253B

References