U+257D "╽" Box Drawings Light Up and Heavy Down Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+257D "╽" Box Drawings Light Up and Heavy Down is a graphic symbol used in box drawing to create borders and frames with a stylistic asymmetrical line weight. It features a thin, light line extending upward from a central junction point and a thick, heavy line dropping downward, resulting in a vertical segment that changes thickness along its length. This character is particularly useful in technical diagrams, terminal interfaces, or text based art where a combination of light and heavy strokes adds visual depth or distinguishes hierarchy in a structured layout. Placed within a matrix of other box drawing characters, it helps form continuous, visually blended lines for tables or flowcharts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+257D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Box Drawings Light Up and Heavy Down |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Forms Light Up and Heavy 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 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x257D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000257D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u257d |
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 |