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Box Drawing Characters & Block Element Unicode Symbols

1-click copy light, heavy, and double box drawing lines, corners, intersections, and solid block elements for ASCII tables and terminal CLI interfaces.

─
Box Drawings Light Horizontal
U+2500
Full Specs
│
Box Drawings Light Vertical
U+2502
Full Specs
┌
Box Drawings Light Down and Right (Top-Left)
U+250C
Full Specs
┐
Box Drawings Light Down and Left (Top-Right)
U+2510
Full Specs
└
Box Drawings Light Up and Right (Bottom-Left)
U+2514
Full Specs
┘
Box Drawings Light Up and Left (Bottom-Right)
U+2518
Full Specs
├
Box Drawings Light Vertical and Right (Left T)
U+251C
Full Specs
┤
Box Drawings Light Vertical and Left (Right T)
U+2524
Full Specs
┬
Box Drawings Light Down and Horizontal (Top T)
U+252C
Full Specs
┴
Box Drawings Light Up and Horizontal (Bottom T)
U+2534
Full Specs
┼
Box Drawings Light Vertical and Horizontal (Cross)
U+253C
Full Specs
═
Box Drawings Double Horizontal
U+2550
Full Specs
║
Box Drawings Double Vertical
U+2551
Full Specs
╔
Box Drawings Double Down and Right
U+2554
Full Specs
╗
Box Drawings Double Down and Left
U+2557
Full Specs
╚
Box Drawings Double Up and Right
U+255A
Full Specs
╝
Box Drawings Double Up and Left
U+255D
Full Specs
█
Full Block
U+2588
Full Specs
▀
Upper Half Block
U+2580
Full Specs
▄
Lower Half Block
U+2584
Full Specs
▌
Left Half Block
U+258C
Full Specs
░
Light Shade Block
U+2591
Full Specs
▒
Medium Shade Block
U+2592
Full Specs
▓
Dark Shade Block
U+2593
Full Specs

Developer Escape Codes & HTML Entities

SymbolNameCodepointHTML DecHTML HexCSS ContentJavaScript
─Box Drawings Light HorizontalU+2500──\2500\u2500
│Box Drawings Light VerticalU+2502││\2502\u2502
┌Box Drawings Light Down and Right (Top-Left)U+250C┌┌\250C\u250C
┐Box Drawings Light Down and Left (Top-Right)U+2510┐┐\2510\u2510
└Box Drawings Light Up and Right (Bottom-Left)U+2514└└\2514\u2514
┘Box Drawings Light Up and Left (Bottom-Right)U+2518┘┘\2518\u2518
├Box Drawings Light Vertical and Right (Left T)U+251C├├\251C\u251C
┤Box Drawings Light Vertical and Left (Right T)U+2524┤┤\2524\u2524
┬Box Drawings Light Down and Horizontal (Top T)U+252C┬┬\252C\u252C
┴Box Drawings Light Up and Horizontal (Bottom T)U+2534┴┴\2534\u2534
┼Box Drawings Light Vertical and Horizontal (Cross)U+253C┼┼\253C\u253C
═Box Drawings Double HorizontalU+2550══\2550\u2550
║Box Drawings Double VerticalU+2551║║\2551\u2551
╔Box Drawings Double Down and RightU+2554╔╔\2554\u2554
╗Box Drawings Double Down and LeftU+2557╗╗\2557\u2557
╚Box Drawings Double Up and RightU+255A╚╚\255A\u255A
╝Box Drawings Double Up and LeftU+255D╝╝\255D\u255D
█Full BlockU+2588██\2588\u2588
▀Upper Half BlockU+2580▀▀\2580\u2580
▄Lower Half BlockU+2584▄▄\2584\u2584
▌Left Half BlockU+258C▌▌\258C\u258C
░Light Shade BlockU+2591░░\2591\u2591
▒Medium Shade BlockU+2592▒▒\2592\u2592
▓Dark Shade BlockU+2593▓▓\2593\u2593

Frequently Asked Questions about Box Drawing Characters & Block Element Unicode Symbols

How do box drawing characters line up seamlessly in text?

Box drawing characters are designed in monospaced fonts to touch the edges of the character cell without margins, forming uninterrupted solid borders for ASCII tables and console UIs.

What is the difference between single line (─) and double line (═) box borders?

Single line characters (U+2500-U+254F) use single stroke lines for clean minimal tables, while double line characters (U+2550-U+256C) use two parallel lines for window frames, modal borders, or accentuated table headers.