U+2577 "╷" Box Drawings Light Down Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
╷
U+2577 "╷" Box Drawings Light Down is a single vertical line segment that extends downward from a horizontal top bar, creating an inverted T shape that represents the beginning or intersection of a downward line in the Box Drawing block. It is part of a family of characters designed for creating simple graphical frames, diagrams, and text based user interfaces in terminal environments. Specifically, this glyph belongs to the set of light line box drawing characters, where it serves as a connector for branches that lead downwards from a horizontal line. Its visual simplicity and narrow width make it useful for constructing grid layouts and charts in plain text, though it may not be available in all fonts or contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2577 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Box Drawings Light Down |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Forms Light Down |
| 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 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2577 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002577 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2577 |
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 |