33 symbols
Box Drawing & Block Characters
Line and block glyphs from the Box Drawing (U+2500–U+257F) and Block Elements (U+2580–U+259F) blocks: single, double, heavy, dashed and rounded lines with every corner and junction, plus full, partial and shaded blocks. They align perfectly in monospace fonts.
All box drawing & blocks symbols
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What box drawing & block characters are used for
- Terminal UIs, CLI output and README diagrams
- Plain-text tables and tree views
- ASCII / ANSI art and progress bars (████░░░░)
- Code comments that sketch layouts
- Retro and pixel-style typography
Box Drawing & Block Characters: Unicode, hex, octal & HTML codes
| Symbol | Name | Unicode | Hex | Octal | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light horizontal | U+2500 | 0x2500 | 0o22400 | ─ | |
| Light vertical | U+2502 | 0x2502 | 0o22402 | │ | |
| Down and right | U+250C | 0x250C | 0o22414 | ┌ | |
| Down and left | U+2510 | 0x2510 | 0o22420 | ┐ | |
| Up and right | U+2514 | 0x2514 | 0o22424 | └ | |
| Up and left | U+2518 | 0x2518 | 0o22430 | ┘ | |
| Vertical and right | U+251C | 0x251C | 0o22434 | ├ | |
| Vertical and left | U+2524 | 0x2524 | 0o22444 | ┤ | |
| Down and horizontal | U+252C | 0x252C | 0o22454 | ┬ | |
| Up and horizontal | U+2534 | 0x2534 | 0o22464 | ┴ | |
| Light cross | U+253C | 0x253C | 0o22474 | ┼ | |
| Double horizontal | U+2550 | 0x2550 | 0o22520 | ═ | |
| Double vertical | U+2551 | 0x2551 | 0o22521 | ║ | |
| Double down and right | U+2554 | 0x2554 | 0o22524 | ╔ | |
| Double down and left | U+2557 | 0x2557 | 0o22527 | ╗ | |
| Double up and right | U+255A | 0x255A | 0o22532 | ╚ | |
| Double up and left | U+255D | 0x255D | 0o22535 | ╝ | |
| Double cross | U+256C | 0x256C | 0o22554 | ╬ | |
| Full block | U+2588 | 0x2588 | 0o22610 | █ | |
| Dark shade | U+2593 | 0x2593 | 0o22623 | ▓ | |
| Medium shade | U+2592 | 0x2592 | 0o22622 | ▒ | |
| Light shade | U+2591 | 0x2591 | 0o22621 | ░ | |
| Lower half block | U+2584 | 0x2584 | 0o22604 | ▄ | |
| Upper half block | U+2580 | 0x2580 | 0o22600 | ▀ | |
| Left half block | U+258C | 0x258C | 0o22614 | ▌ | |
| Right half block | U+2590 | 0x2590 | 0o22620 | ▐ | |
| Left seven eighths block | U+2589 | 0x2589 | 0o22611 | ▉ | |
| Left three quarters block | U+258A | 0x258A | 0o22612 | ▊ | |
| Left five eighths block | U+258B | 0x258B | 0o22613 | ▋ | |
| Black square | U+25A0 | 0x25A0 | 0o22640 | ■ | |
| White square | U+25A1 | 0x25A1 | 0o22641 | □ | |
| Small black square | U+25AA | 0x25AA | 0o22652 | ▪ | |
| Small white square | U+25AB | 0x25AB | 0o22653 | ▫ |
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy box drawing & block characters?
Click any symbol on this page to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it anywhere: documents, email, social media, code or chat. Every character here is standard Unicode, so it works across Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux.
How many box drawing & block characters are on this page?
This collection contains 33 characters. Each one links to a detail page with its Unicode code point, decimal, hexadecimal and octal values, HTML entity, CSS escape, and JavaScript, Python and Java escape sequences.