U+252D "┭" Box Drawings Left Heavy and Right down Light Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+252D "┭" Box Drawings Left Heavy and Right down Light is a monospace character from the Box Drawing block, primarily used in terminal interfaces, text-based diagrams, and retro computing to create structured borders and grids. This specific glyph combines a thick vertical line on the left side with a thin horizontal line branching downward to the right, forming a T‑shaped junction that visually distinguishes heavier left borders from lighter right elements. Its design helps convey hierarchical or directional information in ASCII art, flowcharts, or vintage user interfaces where varying line weights indicate different levels of emphasis or connectivity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+252D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Box Drawings Left Heavy and Right down Light |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Forms Left Heavy and Right down Light |
| 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 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x252D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000252D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u252d |