U+256C "╬" Box Drawings Double Vertical and Horizontal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+256C "╬" Box Drawings Double Vertical and Horizontal is a single glyph within the Box Drawing block that represents the intersection point of a double vertical line and a double horizontal line in a text-based grid. It forms the central junction where four double-lined arms meet, creating a solid cross shape that is commonly used in ASCII art, terminal interfaces, and plaintext diagrams to connect four surrounding cells with equal double borders. Visually composed of two parallel lines running vertically and two running horizontally, this character ensures consistent line weight and alignment in technical drawings or retro computing displays where precise border styling is required.
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U+256B
Box Drawings Vertical Double and Horizontal Single
╭
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U+256D
Box Drawings Light Arc down and Right
General Properties
Code Point
U+256C
Name
Box Drawings Double Vertical and Horizontal
Unicode 1.0 Name
Forms Double Vertical and Horizontal
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
╬
HTML Hex Encoding
╬
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x95 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding
0x256C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000256C
C/C++/Java Escape
\u256c
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common