U+2579 "╹" Box Drawings Heavy Up Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2579 "╹" Box Drawings Heavy Up is a graphic character from the Box Drawing block, designed to represent a vertical line segment that extends upward from a heavy (thick) junction point, leaving its lower end open to connect with other box-drawing elements. It is typically used in terminal-based user interfaces, text-based diagrams, and legacy character graphics to form heavy-lined borders or structural frames, particularly where a downward-facing heavy line is not wanted. This character is distinct from its lighter counterparts by its bold stroke, and it pairs with other heavy box-drawing characters like U+2578 "╸" and U+257A "╺" to create elaborate, thick-outlined visual layouts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2579 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Box Drawings Heavy Up |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Forms Heavy Up |
| 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 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2579 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002579 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2579 |
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 |