U+23B8 "⎸" Left Vertical Box Line Unicode Character

U+23B8 "⎸" Left Vertical Box Line is a graphic character used in box drawing, specifically representing a single vertical line that forms the left edge or boundary of a box or table cell in text based diagrams. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Technical block and is part of a set of characters designed for creating simple visual layouts, such as those found in ASCII art or terminal interfaces, without relying on graphical rendering. This symbol helps define the structural outlines of rectangular frames and is distinct from other vertical line characters like the regular vertical bar or broken vertical line, as it is intended for continuous, unbroken border segments in block style compositions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+23B8
Version Added	3.2
Name	Left Vertical Box Line
Block	Miscellaneous Technical
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⎸
HTML Hex Encoding	⎸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x8E 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x23B8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000023B8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u23b8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Pattern Syntax	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other