U+2566 "╦" Box Drawings Double down and Horizontal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2566 "╦" Box Drawings Double down and Horizontal is a graphical element used in text based interfaces and retro computing to create box drawing diagrams and charts. It specifically represents a junction where a vertical double line descends from a horizontal double line, forming a T like shape oriented downward. This character is part of the Unicode block Box Drawing, which provides a set of standardized symbols for constructing borders and frames using character cell based displays.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2566 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Box Drawings Double down and Horizontal |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Forms Double down and 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 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2566 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002566 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2566 |