U+2546 "╆" Box Drawings Right down Heavy and Left Up Light Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+2546 "╆" Box Drawings Right down Heavy and Left Up Light is a member of the Box Drawing block, designed for creating visual diagrams and text-based borders in monospaced environments. Its name precisely describes its construction: the character features a heavy (thick) line extending to the right and downward from a central junction, while the line going to the left and upward is drawn with a lighter (thin) style. This specific combination of varying line weights is useful for indicating depth, emphasis, or directional flow in technical drawings, flowcharts, or terminal user interfaces, where the contrast between heavy and light strokes helps distinguish different parts of a structure. The shape is formed by joining these four directional segments at a central point, allowing it to connect seamlessly with adjacent box-drawing characters in a grid layout.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
╆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
╆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE2 0x95 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x2546 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00002546 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u2546 |
Unicode Properties