Box Drawings Light Diagonal Cross Symbol

A symbol from the Box Drawing Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Box Drawing Symbols collection

Symbol: ╳
Unicode: U+2573
HTML entity: ╳
Category: Box Drawing Symbols

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About the box drawings light diagonal cross symbol

The Box Drawings Light Diagonal Cross is a character formed by two thin lines crossing each other at a 45-degree angle, creating an X shape. It belongs to the set of box-drawing characters used for creating simple diagrams, borders, and grids in text-based interfaces. This particular symbol is often employed to indicate a crossing or intersection point in technical drawings or to mark a location in schematic representations.

How to type Box Drawings Light Diagonal Cross

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

In Word / Outlook: type 2573 then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 2573.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.