U+252D "" Box Drawings Left Heavy and Right down Light Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+252D "" Box Drawings Left Heavy and Right down Light is a monospace character from the Box Drawing block, primarily used in terminal interfaces, text-based diagrams, and retro computing to create structured borders and grids. This specific glyph combines a thick vertical line on the left side with a thin horizontal line branching downward to the right, forming a T‑shaped junction that visually distinguishes heavier left borders from lighter right elements. Its design helps convey hierarchical or directional information in ASCII art, flowcharts, or vintage user interfaces where varying line weights indicate different levels of emphasis or connectivity.

General Properties

Code Point
U+252D
Name
Box Drawings Left Heavy and Right down Light
Unicode 1.0 Name
Forms Left Heavy and Right down Light

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x94 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding
0x252D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000252D
C/C++/Java Escape
\u252d