U+2505 "┅" Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Horizontal Unicode Character

U+2505 "┅" Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Horizontal is a graphic symbol used in text-based user interfaces, terminal applications, and plain text diagrams to represent a horizontal line composed of three repeating thick dashes, distinguishing itself from a continuous solid line by its segmented appearance. As part of the Box Drawing block in Unicode, this character enables the construction of heavy, dashed borders or separators in monospaced environments, often employed in legacy computing contexts, technical documentation, or ASCII art to create structured layouts without relying on graphical rendering. Its triple dash pattern provides a visual alternative to single or double lines, offering a medium weight and rhythmic break that aids in organizing information in a clear, non-intrusive manner.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2505
Version Added	1.1
Name	Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Horizontal
Unicode 1.0 Name	Forms Heavy Triple Dash Horizontal
Block	Box Drawing
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	┅
HTML Hex Encoding	┅
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x94 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2505
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002505
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2505

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	Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width	Ambiguous
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