Top Left Corner
U+231C⌜Symbol · decimal ⌜
Corner Symbols Copy & Paste
Copy 135 corner symbols by direction, weight and shaft style. Encoded largely within Box Drawing. 124 are symbol.
Copy corner symbols
135 characters and sequences. Pick one to put its exact characters on your clipboard.
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Corner Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
A sample of 12 entries from the 135 on this page. Where two entries look the same, the name settles it. The HTML references beside each name reproduce the code-point sequence character for character.
Box Drawings Double Down And Right
U+2554╔Symbol · decimal ╔
Box Drawings Heavy Up And Right
U+2517┗Symbol · decimal ┗
Modifier Letter Extra-High Tone Bar
U+02E5˥Symbol · decimal ˥
Box Drawings Down Heavy And Left Up Light
U+2527┧Symbol · decimal ┧
Box Drawings Heavy Down And Horizontal
U+2533┳Symbol · decimal ┳
Box Drawings Vertical Light And Horizontal Heavy
U+253F┿Symbol · decimal ┿
Box Drawings Heavy Vertical And Horizontal
U+254B╋Symbol · decimal ╋
Box Drawings Vertical Double And Left Single
U+2562╢Symbol · decimal ╢
Right Tack
U+22A2⊢Symbol · decimal ⊢
Does Not Force
U+22AE⊮Symbol · decimal ⊮
Right Angle
U+221F∟Symbol · decimal ∟
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Corner Symbols: types, meanings and practical differences
Corner characters combine with horizontal and vertical lines to frame text and draw boxes.
Direction and structure. Use them for movement, steps and layout. That amounts to 135 copyable values here — 135 of them one character long, 0 longer.
Names such as Top Left Corner, Box Drawings Double Down And Right, Box Drawings Heavy Up And Right, Modifier Letter Extra-High Tone Bar appear here, and counting every entry puts Box Drawings Up (18), Box Drawings Down (18), Box Drawings Light (13) at the top. Single-character values span U+02E5 to U+FE44.
Browse corner symbols by type
Symbol
124 entries
Punctuation
8 entries
Number
3 entries
The shape of this collection
Where corner symbols sit in the code space
Single-character entries cover U+02E5 to U+FE44, breaking down by general category as symbol 124, punctuation 8, number 3.
Name patterns that repeat
Counted across the stored entries, the commonest name patterns are Box Drawings Up (18), Box Drawings Down (18), Box Drawings Light (13).
How the multi-part entries are built
0 entries span more than one code point: 0 with a zero-width joiner, 0 with a variation selector, the longest running to 1 code points.
Picking the right corner symbol
Two look almost the same: Box Drawings Heavy Up And Right and Box Drawings Heavy Down And Horizontal. They are different characters: U+2517 and U+2533. Start with symbol.
It is the biggest group, with 124. Number is the specialist choice, with just 3. Test the result in the real app before you use it.
We sort these by job rather than by Unicode category, so one group can hold several formal types.
124Symbol
Standalone marks that follow your font. 92% here.
8Punctuation
Marks that structure written text. 6% here.
3Number
Numeric forms, decorative or countable. 2% here.
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Corner Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
There are 135 corner symbols here. All of them copy in one click. Most of them, 124 in all, are symbol. They come mostly from one part of Unicode: Box Drawing.
How the 3 groups divide
They split into symbol, punctuation and number. Symbol leads with 124.
Which blocks they come from
They come from Box Drawing (95), Mathematical Operators (16) and CJK Symbols and Punctuation (8). They span U+02E5 to U+FE44, so no one font covers them all.
Two that look alike
Box Drawings Heavy Up And Right and Box Drawings Heavy Down And Horizontal look alike. They are not the same character.
Names repeat in families
18 names start with “Box Drawings Up”. The difference is at the end.
Terms worth knowing
The vocabulary below comes from the formal names and groupings of these corner symbols.
- Symbol
- Punctuation
- Number
- Corner
- Box
- Drawing
- Rounded
- Frame
- Left
- Drawings
- Double
- Down
Side by side
| Type | Examples | Good for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | ⌜ ⌝ ⌞ | Navigation and directional notes | Treating Top Left Corner and Box Drawings Double Down And Right as the same character |
| Punctuation | ﹄ ﹃ ﹂ | Flow diagrams and process steps | Thinking every one of the 135 works the same everywhere |
| Number | 〦 〧 〨 | Legends, swatches and text layouts | Treating these corner symbols as interchangeable with the visually similar characters in text border symbols |
Corner sets must match orientation and stroke family
Corners encode both position and line style. Copying a top-left piece into another position produces a broken frame even if the curves look similar.
| Set | Complete corners | Where it works |
|---|---|---|
| Light square | ┌ ┐ └ ┘ | Compact monospaced notes and simple terminal boxes. |
| Rounded | ╭ ╮ ╰ ╯ | Softer frames that still use the light horizontal and vertical lines. |
| Double | ╔ ╗ ╚ ╝ | Strong section boxes paired with ═ and ║. |
| Ceiling and floor | ⌜ ⌝ ⌞ ⌟ | Mathematical or fragment-like notation rather than a connected box family. |
Practical note: Test the four-corner sequence before adding content. Proportional fonts, trimmed spaces and unusual line height are the main causes of visible gaps.
Where to go next
Compare these choices with text border symbols and line symbols. For a deeper explanation, read Text Dividers and Borders That Stay Readable. If one question is enough, read why do text borders and box-drawing symbols misalign?.
Tip: Keep the plain words next to the symbol. Text is what makes a design searchable and readable to someone using a screen reader.
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How to use corner symbols
Copying stores text, so the value survives the clipboard intact. Paste it with Ctrl V, ⌘ V or your device's Paste command.
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Navigation and directional notes
Start with Top Left Corner. It works nearly everywhere.
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Flow diagrams and process steps
Symbol suits flow diagrams and process steps. Pick one whose stroke weight matches the text around it.
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Legends, swatches and text layouts
When creating legends, swatches and text layouts, paste the complete entry — all of these are single code points, so a partial copy is not a risk here.
Copy-ready corner symbols examples for navigation and directional notes
Navigation and directional notes
⌜ Corner referenceFlow diagrams and process steps
⌜ ⌝ ⌞Legends, swatches and text layouts
⌞ corner ⌜05
How to type corner symbols on a keyboard
Copying is quicker, but these are typeable too. On Windows the alt code is the character's decimal code point; in Word the hexadecimal followed by Alt X does the same job without a keypad.
| Character | Name | Windows | Hex | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⌜ | Top Left Corner | Alt 8988 | 231C | ⌜ |
| ╔ | Box Drawings Double Down And Right | Alt 9556 | 2554 | ╔ |
| ┗ | Box Drawings Heavy Up And Right | Alt 9495 | 2517 | ┗ |
| ˥ | Modifier Letter Extra-High Tone Bar | Alt 741 | 02E5 | ˥ |
| ┧ | Box Drawings Down Heavy And Left Up Light | Alt 9511 | 2527 | ┧ |
| ┳ | Box Drawings Heavy Down And Horizontal | Alt 9523 | 2533 | ┳ |
Alt codes reach only the first 65,536 code points, and only from a numeric keypad. The complete keyboard guide covers every platform method in full.
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How corner symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
Unicode keeps 80% of these in Box Drawing. The rest come from Mathematical Operators and CJK Symbols and Punctuation. None of these are emoji.
Each one follows the colour and size of nearby text.
A pasted entry is redrawn by the receiving application's font. Expect small differences in width and weight across devices, and larger ones where a font lacks the character entirely.
135Single characters
0Sequences
0Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with corner symbols
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Treating Top Left Corner and Box Drawings Double Down And Right as the same character.
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Thinking every one of the 135 works the same everywhere.
- 3
Treating these corner symbols as interchangeable with the visually similar characters in text border symbols.
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Corner Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between Box Drawings Heavy Up And Right and Box Drawings Heavy Down And Horizontal?+
U+2517 is Box Drawings Heavy Up And Right; U+2533 is Box Drawings Heavy Down And Horizontal. Because the encoded identity differs, substituting one for the other can change what a reader or a piece of software understands.
What is the HTML code for top left corner?+
Write ⌜ (hex) or ⌜ (decimal) to get ⌜. Numeric references sidestep encoding problems in older toolchains.
Do these corner symbols change colour with my text?+
Yes. None of the 135 entries on this page carry emoji properties, so each one inherits the colour, weight and size of the text around it, exactly like a letter does.
Which Unicode block are these corner symbols in?+
Box Drawing holds most of them — 95 characters; the rest come from Mathematical Operators and CJK Symbols and Punctuation. Coverage tends to follow the block: long-established ones render nearly everywhere, recent additions do not.
Which corner symbol should I choose?+
Two look almost the same: <b>Box Drawings Heavy Up And Right</b> and <b>Box Drawings Heavy Down And Horizontal</b>. They are different characters: U+2517 and U+2533. Start with <b>symbol</b>. It is the biggest group, with <b>124</b>. Number is the specialist choice, with just <b>3</b>. Test the result in the real app before you use it.
How many corner symbols are on this page?+
135: 135 single Unicode characters and 0 multi-code-point sequences, of which 0 carry emoji properties. They divide into 3 groups, the largest being symbol with 124 entries.
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Learn more about corner symbols
Useful alongside these corner symbols
Directional and geometric characters are commonly built into interface text, where animation frames and a check for hidden characters both matter.
Loading Animation PreviewPreview text-only loading frames, pause the motion and copy the sequence that fits your interface.Open the animation preview →Invisible Character InspectorReveal zero-width spaces, joiners and direction marks without changing the text you paste into the inspector.Open the text inspector →
Pair a corner symbol with styled letters in the Symbol Maker. Every tool on this site runs locally and is listed in the Unicode tools hub.
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Where this data comes from
Every figure on this page is computed from the stored inventory of 135 entries. Names, general categories and code points are generated from the Unicode 17.0 character database rather than typed by hand; emoji membership is read from the emoji data files published alongside it.
- Unicode Character Database — UnicodeData.txt (formal names and general categories)
- Unicode emoji-test.txt (fully-qualified emoji sequences and grouping)
- The Unicode Standard, current version
- How CoolSymbol.now sources, counts and tests this data