BLOCK · U+2500 – U+257F · 128 CHARS

The Box Drawing block

128 assigned characters in Plane 0 (Basic Multilingual Plane).

The Box Drawing block spans U+2500–U+257F, 128 codepoints in Plane 0 (Basic Multilingual Plane). Every one of them is assigned in Unicode 16.0.

All of its characters have the script value Common: they are shared across writing systems rather than tied to one.

By general category: 128 other symbols (So).

The first 128 arrived in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

128

Assigned characters

128

Codepoints in range

0

Plane

1.1

First version

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All 128 characters

U+2500─Box Drawings Light Horizontal U+2501━Box Drawings Heavy Horizontal U+2502│Box Drawings Light Vertical U+2503┃Box Drawings Heavy Vertical U+2504┄Box Drawings Light Triple Dash Horizontal U+2505┅Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Horizontal U+2506┆Box Drawings Light Triple Dash Vertical U+2507┇Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Vertical U+2508┈Box Drawings Light Quadruple Dash Horizontal U+2509┉Box Drawings Heavy Quadruple Dash Horizontal U+250A┊Box Drawings Light Quadruple Dash Vertical U+250B┋Box Drawings Heavy Quadruple Dash Vertical U+250C┌Box Drawings Light Down and Right U+250D┍Box Drawings Down Light and Right Heavy U+250E┎Box Drawings Down Heavy and Right Light U+250F┏Box Drawings Heavy Down and Right U+2510┐Box Drawings Light Down and Left U+2511┑Box Drawings Down Light and Left Heavy U+2512┒Box Drawings Down Heavy and Left Light U+2513┓Box Drawings Heavy Down and Left U+2514└Box Drawings Light Up and Right U+2515┕Box Drawings Up Light and Right Heavy U+2516┖Box Drawings Up Heavy and Right Light U+2517┗Box Drawings Heavy Up and Right U+2518┘Box Drawings Light Up and Left U+2519┙Box Drawings Up Light and Left Heavy U+251A┚Box Drawings Up Heavy and Left Light U+251B┛Box Drawings Heavy Up and Left U+251C├Box Drawings Light Vertical and Right U+251D┝Box Drawings Vertical Light and Right Heavy U+251E┞Box Drawings Up Heavy and Right Down Light U+251F┟Box Drawings Down Heavy and Right Up Light U+2520┠Box Drawings Vertical Heavy and Right Light U+2521┡Box Drawings Down Light and Right Up Heavy U+2522┢Box Drawings Up Light and Right Down Heavy U+2523┣Box Drawings Heavy Vertical and Right U+2524┤Box Drawings Light Vertical and Left U+2525┥Box Drawings Vertical Light and Left Heavy U+2526┦Box Drawings Up Heavy and Left Down Light U+2527┧Box Drawings Down Heavy and Left Up Light U+2528┨Box Drawings Vertical Heavy and Left Light U+2529┩Box Drawings Down Light and Left Up Heavy U+252A┪Box Drawings Up Light and Left Down Heavy U+252B┫Box Drawings Heavy Vertical and Left U+252C┬Box Drawings Light Down and Horizontal U+252D┭Box Drawings Left Heavy and Right Down Light U+252E┮Box Drawings Right Heavy and Left Down Light U+252F┯Box Drawings Down Light and Horizontal Heavy U+2530┰Box Drawings Down Heavy and Horizontal Light U+2531┱Box Drawings Right Light and Left Down Heavy U+2532┲Box Drawings Left Light and Right Down Heavy U+2533┳Box Drawings Heavy Down and Horizontal U+2534┴Box Drawings Light Up and Horizontal U+2535┵Box Drawings Left Heavy and Right Up Light U+2536┶Box Drawings Right Heavy and Left Up Light U+2537┷Box Drawings Up Light and Horizontal Heavy U+2538┸Box Drawings Up Heavy and Horizontal Light U+2539┹Box Drawings Right Light and Left Up Heavy U+253A┺Box Drawings Left Light and Right Up Heavy U+253B┻Box Drawings Heavy Up and Horizontal U+253C┼Box Drawings Light Vertical and Horizontal U+253D┽Box Drawings Left Heavy and Right Vertical Light U+253E┾Box Drawings Right Heavy and Left Vertical Light U+253F┿Box Drawings Vertical Light and Horizontal Heavy U+2540╀Box Drawings Up Heavy and Down Horizontal Light U+2541╁Box Drawings Down Heavy and Up Horizontal Light U+2542╂Box Drawings Vertical Heavy and Horizontal Light U+2543╃Box Drawings Left Up Heavy and Right Down Light U+2544╄Box Drawings Right Up Heavy and Left Down Light U+2545╅Box Drawings Left Down Heavy and Right Up Light U+2546╆Box Drawings Right Down Heavy and Left Up Light U+2547╇Box Drawings Down Light and Up Horizontal Heavy U+2548╈Box Drawings Up Light and Down Horizontal Heavy U+2549╉Box Drawings Right Light and Left Vertical Heavy U+254A╊Box Drawings Left Light and Right Vertical Heavy U+254B╋Box Drawings Heavy Vertical and Horizontal U+254C╌Box Drawings Light Double Dash Horizontal U+254D╍Box Drawings Heavy Double Dash Horizontal U+254E╎Box Drawings Light Double Dash Vertical U+254F╏Box Drawings Heavy Double Dash Vertical U+2550═Box Drawings Double Horizontal U+2551║Box Drawings Double Vertical U+2552╒Box Drawings Down Single and Right Double U+2553╓Box Drawings Down Double and Right Single U+2554╔Box Drawings Double Down and Right U+2555╕Box Drawings Down Single and Left Double U+2556╖Box Drawings Down Double and Left Single U+2557╗Box Drawings Double Down and Left U+2558╘Box Drawings Up Single and Right Double U+2559╙Box Drawings Up Double and Right Single U+255A╚Box Drawings Double Up and Right U+255B╛Box Drawings Up Single and Left Double U+255C╜Box Drawings Up Double and Left Single U+255D╝Box Drawings Double Up and Left U+255E╞Box Drawings Vertical Single and Right Double U+255F╟Box Drawings Vertical Double and Right Single U+2560╠Box Drawings Double Vertical and Right U+2561╡Box Drawings Vertical Single and Left Double U+2562╢Box Drawings Vertical Double and Left Single U+2563╣Box Drawings Double Vertical and Left U+2564╤Box Drawings Down Single and Horizontal Double U+2565╥Box Drawings Down Double and Horizontal Single U+2566╦Box Drawings Double Down and Horizontal U+2567╧Box Drawings Up Single and Horizontal Double U+2568╨Box Drawings Up Double and Horizontal Single U+2569╩Box Drawings Double Up and Horizontal U+256A╪Box Drawings Vertical Single and Horizontal Double U+256B╫Box Drawings Vertical Double and Horizontal Single U+256C╬Box Drawings Double Vertical and Horizontal U+256D╭Box Drawings Light Arc Down and Right U+256E╮Box Drawings Light Arc Down and Left U+256F╯Box Drawings Light Arc Up and Left U+2570╰Box Drawings Light Arc Up and Right U+2571╱Box Drawings Light Diagonal Upper Right to Lower Left U+2572╲Box Drawings Light Diagonal Upper Left to Lower Right U+2573╳Box Drawings Light Diagonal Cross U+2574╴Box Drawings Light Left U+2575╵Box Drawings Light Up U+2576╶Box Drawings Light Right U+2577╷Box Drawings Light Down U+2578╸Box Drawings Heavy Left U+2579╹Box Drawings Heavy Up U+257A╺Box Drawings Heavy Right U+257B╻Box Drawings Heavy Down U+257C╼Box Drawings Light Left and Heavy Right U+257D╽Box Drawings Light Up and Heavy Down U+257E╾Box Drawings Heavy Left and Light Right U+257F╿Box Drawings Heavy Up and Light Down