U+256D "╭" Box Drawings Light Arc down and Right Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+256D "╭" Box Drawings Light Arc down and Right is a graphic symbol used in terminal interfaces, text-based diagrams, and retro computing to draw single-line, rounded borders at an upper left corner. Unlike a sharp right angle, this character features a light, curved arc that transitions from a downward vertical stroke on the left into a rightward horizontal stroke at the bottom, creating a smooth 90 degree corner. It belongs to the Box Drawing block of Unicode, which provides a standardized set of line and corner elements for representing simple boxes, tables, and structural layouts in plain text without need for graphical rendering.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+256D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Box Drawings Light Arc down and Right |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Forms Light Arc down and Right |
| 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 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x256D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000256D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u256d |