U+253B

Box up and horizontal heavy┻

Box up and horizontal heavy is a monochrome text character from the Unicode Box Drawing block, listed here under Faces & Emoticons. Copy it with one click, or use the hex, octal, decimal and HTML entity codes below to embed it in web pages, code, and documents. It is often searched for as "table", "flip", "emoticon".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+253B
Decimal
9531
Hex
0x253B
Octal
0o22473

Unicode identity

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Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+253B
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY UP AND HORIZONTAL
Unicode 1.0 nameLegacy aliasFORMS HEAVY UP AND HORIZONTAL
DecimalBase 109531
HexadecimalBase 160x253B
OctalBase 80o22473
BinaryBase 20010010100111011
General categorySymbol, otherSo
Unicode blockU+2500–U+257FBox Drawing
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

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HTML entity (decimal)┻
HTML entity (hex)┻
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\253B
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%E2%94%BB

Programming languages

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JavaScript / TypeScript\u253B
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u253B
Python\u253B
Java / C# / Kotlin\u253B

Byte encodings

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UTF-83 bytesE2 94 BB
UTF-16 (BE)253B
UTF-32 (BE)0000253B

How to type Box up and horizontal heavy

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +253B with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 253B then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 253B. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Box up and horizontal heavy".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 253b, then press Space or Enter in GTK apps. IBus and most terminals support the same sequence.

  • HTML, CSS & code

    Paste the character directly, or use the escapes above: ┻ in HTML, \253B in CSS, and \u253B in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY UP AND HORIZONTAL
Unicode 1.0 name
FORMS HEAVY UP AND HORIZONTAL
Block
Box Drawing (U+2500–U+257F)
General category
So — Symbol, other

Data from the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0. See the official code chart for the Box Drawing block: U2500.pdf (PDF, unicode.org).

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy the Box up and horizontal heavy symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select ┻ and press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on Mac). It is plain Unicode text, so it pastes into documents, chats, code, and design tools.

What is the Unicode code point for Box up and horizontal heavy?

Box up and horizontal heavy is U+253B (decimal 9531, hexadecimal 0x253B, octal 0o22473). It lives in the Box Drawing block (U+2500–U+257F) of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0).

What is the official Unicode name of Box up and horizontal heavy?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY UP AND HORIZONTAL"; its Unicode 1.0 name was "FORMS HEAVY UP AND HORIZONTAL". Its General_Category is So (Symbol, other).

What is the HTML code for Box up and horizontal heavy?

Use ┻ or ┻. In CSS, use content: "\253B".

How do I type Box up and horizontal heavy in code?

JavaScript: "\u253B". Python: "\u253B". JSON and Java: "\u253B". The UTF-8 byte sequence is E2 94 BB.

Is Box up and horizontal heavy an emoji?

No. Box up and horizontal heavy is a text symbol and renders as a monochrome glyph in the current font. Some platforms may offer an emoji variant when U+FE0F is appended.

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