U+254C "╌" Box Drawings Light Double Dash Horizontal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+254C "╌" Box Drawings Light Double Dash Horizontal is a graphic character used in text based user interfaces and technical documentation to represent a horizontal line composed of two parallel dashes. It belongs to the Box Drawing block of the Unicode standard, which provides a set of symbols for creating simple frames, borders, and dividers in monospaced fonts. This specific character is designed to form a continuous looking double line when placed adjacent to other box drawing characters of the same style, such as vertical double dashes or corner pieces. Its light weight indicates a thin stroke, making it suitable for subtle separations or for use alongside other light box drawing elements in a structured layout.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+254C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Box Drawings Light Double Dash Horizontal |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Forms Light Double 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 0x95 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x254C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000254C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u254c |
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 |