U+252B "" Box Drawings Heavy Vertical and Left Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+252B "" Box Drawings Heavy Vertical and Left is a graphic symbol belonging to the Box Drawing block, designed to construct formatted text-based diagrams and borders. It represents a junction where a heavy vertical line meets a lighter horizontal line extending to the left, creating a corner shape that is typically used to connect lines in larger box structures. In plain text environments such as command line interfaces, terminal applications, or ASCII art, this character helps delineate sections, frame content, or build tables and flowcharts. Its consistent rendering across fonts ensures reliable visual alignment in monospaced contexts, making it a standard tool for creating rough visual layouts without relying on graphical user interfaces.

General Properties

Code Point
U+252B
Name
Box Drawings Heavy Vertical and Left
Unicode 1.0 Name
Forms Heavy Vertical and Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x94 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding
0x252B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000252B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u252b