Box Drawings Light Vertical 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+2502
HTML entity: │
Category: Box Drawing Symbols

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About the box drawings light vertical symbol

The Box Drawings Light Vertical character is a single, solid vertical line used to create simple borders, tables, and diagrams in text-based environments. It represents a continuous vertical stroke in box-drawing diagrams, typically forming the sides of rectangular frames or separating columns.

This character is primarily found in plain-text interfaces, such as terminal emulators, command-line applications, and early computer systems where graphical elements were built from text characters. It also appears in technical documentation, ASCII art, and code comments where lightweight visual structure is needed without graphics.

How to type Box Drawings Light Vertical

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 2502 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 2502.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.