U+2503 "" Box Drawings Heavy Vertical Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+2503 "" Box Drawings Heavy Vertical is a graphic symbol used primarily in text-based user interfaces and technical documentation to create box-like structures, charts, and diagrams, where it represents a thick, solid vertical line that is visually more prominent than its light counterpart, U+2502. This character is part of the Box Drawing block within Unicode, which provides a set of line and corner elements specifically designed for constructing frames and borders in monospaced fonts, making it essential for applications that require precise visual separation of content without relying on graphical images.

General Properties

Code Point
U+2503
Name
Box Drawings Heavy Vertical
Unicode 1.0 Name
Forms Heavy Vertical

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x94 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2503
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002503
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2503