Box Drawings Light Down And Horizontal 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+252C
HTML entity: ┬
Category: Box Drawing Symbols

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About the box drawings light down and horizontal symbol

You will find this character in text-based user interfaces, command-line programs, and ASCII-art diagrams where it connects a downward vertical line to a horizontal line running left and right. It forms the top of a T-shaped junction in a grid of box-drawing characters, allowing a single vertical stroke to branch into two horizontal arms. As part of the Box Drawing block, it is a lightweight line element that helps build structured layouts, tables, and flowcharts in plain text environments.

How to type Box Drawings Light Down And Horizontal

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 252C 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 252C.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.