U+2530 "" Box Drawings down Heavy and Horizontal Light Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+2530 "" Box Drawings down Heavy and Horizontal Light is a specific glyph used in text-based graphics and terminal interfaces to create box-like structures with varied line weights. It features a vertical line that is thick or heavy descending from the junction of a thin, light horizontal line, allowing for the depiction of a T-shaped intersection where only the downward branch is emphasized. This character is part of the Box Drawing block, which standardizes a grid of 128 symbols designed for ASCII and legacy text applications, enabling precise rendering of partial borders and corners when constructing tables or diagrams without relying on graphical fonts.

General Properties

Code Point
U+2530
Name
Box Drawings down Heavy and Horizontal Light
Unicode 1.0 Name
Forms down Heavy and Horizontal Light

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x94 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2530
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002530
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2530