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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.