U+2551 "" Box Drawings Double Vertical Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+2551 "" Box Drawings Double Vertical is part of the Box Drawing block, which was designed for creating simple text-based diagrams and forms in monospaced environments. This specific character represents a vertical line composed of two parallel thin strokes, often used to denote a double border or a stronger visual separator between columns or sections in terminal interfaces and code output. It is typically paired with other double-line box drawing characters, such as U+2550 for the horizontal double line, to form complete framed structures without relying on graphical images.

General Properties

Code Point
U+2551
Name
Box Drawings Double Vertical
Unicode 1.0 Name
Forms Double Vertical

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
║
HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x95 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2551
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002551
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2551