Box Drawings Light Vertical 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+253C
HTML entity: ┼
Category: Box Drawing Symbols

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About the box drawings light vertical and horizontal symbol

In the Box Drawing block, the character represented by a cross with a single line in each direction is a building block for creating framed layouts, tables, and diagrams in plain text environments. It joins four intersecting lines—one coming from the top, bottom, left, and right—at a central point, forming a plus-shaped junction. This symbol was essential in early text-based interfaces, such as terminal emulators and command-line applications, where it is used to connect cells in a grid or outline a structured area without relying on graphical rendering.

How to type Box Drawings Light Vertical 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 253C 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 253C.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.