Windows
2 options- In Word / Outlook: type 2503 then press Alt + X.
- Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.
Box Drawings Heavy Vertical Symbol
A symbol from the Box Drawing Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.
- Symbol
- ┃
- Unicode
- U+2503
- HTML entity
- ┃
- Category
- Box Drawing Symbols
Export
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13 of 40 in the box drawing symbols collection
About the box drawings heavy vertical symbol
The glyph is a thick, solid vertical line, matching the height of a typical character cell. It belongs to the set of box-drawing characters used to create borders, frames, and simple diagrams in text-based interfaces, where it serves as a heavy vertical segment for constructing lines of greater visual weight than the standard thin variant.
How to type Box Drawings Heavy Vertical
Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.
macOS
2 options- Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 2503.
- Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.
Linux
1 step- Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 2503, then press Enter or Space.
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- ┴Box Drawings Light Up And HorizontalCopy the box drawings light up and horizontal symbol→
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- ━Box Drawings Heavy HorizontalCopy the box drawings heavy horizontal symbol→
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