Unicode Character "╖" (U+2556)

The character ╖ (BOX DRAWINGS DOWN DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2556. 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 DOWN DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE
Unicode Codepoint U+2556
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+2556 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ╖
HTML (hex) ╖
HTML (named) ╖
URL Escape Code %E2%95%96
CSS \2556
JavaScript \u{2556}
JSON \u2556
C, C++ \U00002556
Java \u2556
Python \U00002556
Rust \u{2556}
Ruby \u{2556}

How to type "╖"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 5 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 5 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x95 0x96
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2556
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002556

References