U+251F "" Box Drawings down Heavy and Right Up Light Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+251F "" Box Drawings down Heavy and Right Up Light is a graphic symbol used in text-based interfaces and terminal applications to construct borders, grid lines, or box-like structures, specifically forming a corner junction where a heavy vertical line extending downward meets a light horizontal line moving to the right and a light vertical line moving upward. Part of the Box Drawing block in Unicode, it enables precise visual layout in plain text by combining different line weights, allowing programmers and document designers to create tables, diagrams, or user interface elements without relying on images or complex formatting. Its design distinguishes it from similar characters by the specific asymmetry of heavy and light strokes, making it useful for emphasizing certain borders or breaks in a grid system.

General Properties

Code Point
U+251F
Name
Box Drawings down Heavy and Right Up Light
Unicode 1.0 Name
Forms down Heavy and Right Up Light

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x94 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding
0x251F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000251F
C/C++/Java Escape
\u251f