Windows
2 options- In Word / Outlook: type 2500 then press Alt + X.
- Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.
Box Drawings Light Horizontal Symbol
A symbol from the Box Drawing Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.
- Symbol
- ─
- Unicode
- U+2500
- HTML entity
- ─
- Category
- Box Drawing Symbols
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1 of 40 in the box drawing symbols collection
About the box drawings light horizontal symbol
A horizontal line drawn at the full height of the character cell, matching the weight of other light box-drawing characters. It serves as the basic horizontal stroke in the Box Drawing block, used to construct simple single-line borders, tables, and diagrams in terminal applications and plain-text interfaces.
How to type Box Drawings Light Horizontal
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 2500.
- Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.
Linux
1 step- Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 2500, then press Enter or Space.
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- ┘Box Drawings Light Up And LeftCopy the box drawings light up and left symbol→
- ├Box Drawings Light Vertical And RightCopy the box drawings light vertical and right symbol→
- ┤Box Drawings Light Vertical And LeftCopy the box drawings light vertical and left symbol→
- ┬Box Drawings Light Down And HorizontalCopy the box drawings light down and horizontal symbol→
- ┴Box Drawings Light Up And HorizontalCopy the box drawings light up and horizontal symbol→
- ┼Box Drawings Light Vertical And HorizontalCopy the box drawings light vertical and horizontal symbol→
- ━Box Drawings Heavy HorizontalCopy the box drawings heavy horizontal symbol→
- ┃Box Drawings Heavy VerticalCopy the box drawings heavy vertical symbol→
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