U+2553 "╓" Box Drawings down Double and Right Single Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2553 "╓" Box Drawings down Double and Right Single is a graphic symbol from the Box Drawing block used to create visual borders and tables in text interfaces, specifically combining a double vertical line extending downward on the left side with a single horizontal line projecting to the right at the top. This character allows for the junction of thick (double) and thin (single) line segments in technical diagrams, forming a corner piece where a double-line continues vertically from above while a single-line begins horizontally to the right, often appearing in pseudographic representations of grid structures or legacy computer terminal displays.

General Properties

Code Point U+2553
Version Added 1.1
Name Box Drawings down Double and Right Single
Unicode 1.0 Name Forms down Double and Right Single
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 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2553
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002553
C/C++/Java Escape \u2553

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