Box Drawings Light Horizontal
U+2500─Symbol · decimal ─
Line Symbols Copy & Paste
Copy 171 line symbols by direction, weight and shaft style. Mostly drawn from the Box Drawing block. 148 are symbol.
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171 characters and sequences. Pick one to put its exact characters on your clipboard.
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Line Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
12 of the 171 entries, shown with their full detail. 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 Heavy Double Dash Horizontal
U+254D╍Symbol · decimal ╍
Trigram For Fire
U+2632☲Symbol · decimal ☲
Dashed Low Line
U+FE4D﹍Punctuation · decimal ﹍
Box Drawings Light Diagonal Upper Left To Lower Right
U+2572╲Symbol · decimal ╲
Box Drawings Down Light And Right Heavy
U+250D┍Symbol · decimal ┍
Box Drawings Vertical Light And Right Heavy
U+251D┝Symbol · decimal ┝
Box Drawings Light Down And Horizontal
U+252C┬Symbol · decimal ┬
Box Drawings Light Vertical And Horizontal
U+253C┼Symbol · decimal ┼
Box Drawings Heavy Vertical And Horizontal
U+254B╋Symbol · decimal ╋
Box Drawings Vertical Single And Left Double
U+2561╡Symbol · decimal ╡
Box Drawings Light Arc Up And Right
U+2570╰Symbol · decimal ╰
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Line Symbols: types, meanings and practical differences
Box-drawing and line characters can build simple text layouts, terminal diagrams and dividers.
Direction and structure. Use them for movement, steps and layout. The page carries 171 distinct entries: 171 single characters and 0 sequences.
Representative names include Box Drawings Light Horizontal, Box Drawings Heavy Double Dash Horizontal, Trigram For Fire, Dashed Low Line. The commonest name families across the whole inventory are Box Drawings Light (30), Box Drawings Heavy (23), Box Drawings Down (18). Single-character values span U+0060 to U+FE4F.
Browse line symbols by type
Symbol
148 entries
Punctuation
15 entries
Number
3 entries
Letter
5 entries
What is actually in these line symbols
Encoded span for line symbols
The span runs U+0060 to U+FE4F. By Unicode general category that is symbol 148, punctuation 15, letter 5, number 3.
Name patterns that repeat
Sorting every formal name puts Box Drawings Light (30), Box Drawings Heavy (23), Box Drawings Down (18) at the top.
Joiners, selectors and length
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.
Narrowing it down
Two look almost the same: Box Drawings Light Horizontal and Box Drawings Light Diagonal Upper Left To Lower Right. They are different characters: U+2500 and U+2572. Start with symbol.
It is the biggest group, with 148. Save number for when you mean exactly that. Then paste it where it will live and look at it.
We sort these by job rather than by Unicode category, so one group can hold several formal types.
148Symbol
Standalone marks that follow your font. 87% here.
15Punctuation
Punctuation, where small differences matter. 9% here.
5Letter
Alphabetic characters used here for their look. 3% here.
3Number
Numeric forms, decorative or countable. 2% here.
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Line Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
There are 171 line symbols here. All of them copy in one click. The largest set is symbol, with 148. Unicode keeps most of them in a group called Box Drawing.
4 groups, not one list
Symbol is the biggest at 148. The rest split between punctuation, number and letter.
Which blocks they come from
They come from Box Drawing (128), CJK Symbols and Punctuation (8) and Miscellaneous Symbols (8). They span U+0060 to U+FE4F, so no one font covers them all.
Easy to confuse
Box Drawings Light Horizontal and Box Drawings Light Diagonal Upper Left To Lower Right look alike. They are not the same character.
Names repeat in families
30 names start with “Box Drawings Light”. The difference is at the end.
Words that describe line symbols
Useful terms when searching or describing line symbols.
- Symbol
- Punctuation
- Number
- Letter
- Line
- Horizontal
- Vertical
- Box
- Drawing
- Drawings
- Light
- Heavy
Side by side
| Type | Examples | Good for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | ─ ━ │ | Navigation and directional notes | Treating Box Drawings Light Horizontal and Box Drawings Heavy Double Dash Horizontal as the same character |
| Punctuation | ︱ ︳ ﹉ | Flow diagrams and process steps | Expecting one rule to cover all 171 entries |
| Number | 〡 〢 〣 | Legends, swatches and text layouts | Treating these line symbols as interchangeable with the visually similar characters in text border symbols |
| Letter | 〵 〴 〳 | Navigation and directional notes | Treating Box Drawings Light Horizontal and Box Drawings Heavy Double Dash Horizontal as the same character |
Box-drawing lines by weight and direction
Line characters form coordinated families. A frame stays connected only when horizontal, vertical and corner pieces use compatible weight and spacing.
| Family | Core pieces | Construction rule |
|---|---|---|
| Light solid | ─ │ | Combine with light corners such as ┌ ┐ └ ┘. |
| Heavy solid | ━ ┃ | Use heavy junctions and corners throughout the same diagram. |
| Double | ═ ║ | Pair with ╔ ╗ ╚ ╝ rather than single-line corners. |
| Dashed and dotted | ┄ ┅ ┈ ┉ | Treat these as separators; intersections may not connect cleanly in every font. |
Practical note: Build text diagrams in a monospaced font and preserve whitespace. Responsive web layouts should use CSS borders when the frame must adapt to changing width.
Related reading
Compare these choices with text border symbols and text divider 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: A symbol should decorate a label, not replace it — plain words keep the meaning available to search and to assistive technology.
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How to use line symbols
One click copies the characters themselves, not a picture of them. Use Ctrl V on Windows and Linux, ⌘ V on a Mac, or long-press and Paste on a phone.
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Navigation and directional notes
Box Drawings Light Horizontal is the safe pick here. Let the words beside it carry the meaning.
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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 line symbols examples for navigation and directional notes
Navigation and directional notes
─ Line referenceFlow diagrams and process steps
─ ━ │Legends, swatches and text layouts
│ line ─05
How to type line symbols on a keyboard
Every character here has a numeric identity, and that number is what the keyboard methods use: decimal on a Windows keypad, hexadecimal in Word and on macOS.
| Character | Name | Windows | Hex | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ─ | Box Drawings Light Horizontal | Alt 9472 | 2500 | ─ |
| ╍ | Box Drawings Heavy Double Dash Horizontal | Alt 9549 | 254D | ╍ |
| ☲ | Trigram For Fire | Alt 9778 | 2632 | ☲ |
| ﹍ | Dashed Low Line | Alt 65101 | FE4D | ﹍ |
| ╲ | Box Drawings Light Diagonal Upper Left To Lower Right | Alt 9586 | 2572 | ╲ |
| ┍ | Box Drawings Down Light And Right Heavy | Alt 9485 | 250D | ┍ |
Alt codes reach only the first 65,536 code points, and only from a numeric keypad. For the Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile detail, read the keyboard guide.
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How line symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
Box Drawing is the main home for these, with 89% of the set. The rest come from CJK Symbols and Punctuation and Miscellaneous Symbols. All 171 behave like letters, so CSS works on them.
The clipboard carries code points, not the drawing on this page, so weight, spacing and colour can all shift between iPhone, Android, Windows, macOS and an exported PDF.
171Single characters
0Sequences
0Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with line symbols
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Treating Box Drawings Light Horizontal and Box Drawings Heavy Double Dash Horizontal as the same character.
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Expecting one rule to cover all 171 entries.
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Treating these line symbols as interchangeable with the visually similar characters in text border symbols.
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Line Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between Box Drawings Light Horizontal and Box Drawings Light Diagonal Upper Left To Lower Right?+
They are two distinct Unicode characters: Box Drawings Light Horizontal is U+2500 (HTML ─) and Box Drawings Light Diagonal Upper Left To Lower Right is U+2572 (HTML ╲). A font may draw them almost identically, but they sort and search as separate values.
What is the HTML code for box drawings light horizontal?+
Either reference works: ─ or ─. Both resolve to ─. Pasting the raw character is fine too once the document is UTF-8.
Do these line symbols change colour with my text?+
Yes. None of the 171 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 line symbols in?+
The answer is Box Drawing, covering 128 of them; the rest come from CJK Symbols and Punctuation and Miscellaneous Symbols. Coverage tends to follow the block: long-established ones render nearly everywhere, recent additions do not.
Which line symbol should I choose?+
Two look almost the same: <b>Box Drawings Light Horizontal</b> and <b>Box Drawings Light Diagonal Upper Left To Lower Right</b>. They are different characters: U+2500 and U+2572. Start with <b>symbol</b>. It is the biggest group, with <b>148</b>. Save number for when you mean exactly that. Then paste it where it will live and look at it.
How many line symbols are on this page?+
171: 171 single Unicode characters and 0 multi-code-point sequences, of which 0 carry emoji properties. They divide into 4 groups, the largest being symbol with 148 entries.
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Learn more about line symbols
Useful alongside these line symbols
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Pair a line symbol with styled letters in the Symbol Maker. The full set of converters, inspectors and previews sits 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 171 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