Unicode Character "╼" (U+257C)

The character ╼ (BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT LEFT AND HEAVY RIGHT) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+257C. 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 LEFT AND HEAVY RIGHT
Unicode Codepoint U+257C
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+257C Conversion

HTML (decimal) ╼
HTML (hex) ╼
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%95%BC
CSS \257C
JavaScript \u{257C}
JSON \u257C
C, C++ \U0000257C
Java \u257C
Python \U0000257C
Rust \u{257C}
Ruby \u{257C}

How to type "╼"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 7 C. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 7 C. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x95 0xBC
UTF-16 (hex) 0x257C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000257C

References