╬ Double-Line Box Cross

What ╬ means

The double-line box-drawing cross is designed to join at each cell edge.

The set draws on standards used before 1990: Chinese GB 2312 and Korean KS X 1001 character sets, industry and terminal graphics, and IBM PC Code Page 437 (CP437). Similar tiled characters from Videotex, an early screen information service, were unified with it. A Videotex recommendation from November 1988 distinguished light and heavy lines; later revisions specified three weights.

In CP437, byte CE maps to ╬; Unicode assigns U256C. Without terminal line graphics, a library may substitute - and |.

Part of the collection

╔

Box Drawing Characters

Don't confuse it with

5

╫

Box Drawings Vertical Double And Horizontal Single

╫ has double vertical but single horizontal lines; ╬ doubles both.

#

Number Sign

# is the number sign, often with slanted strokes; ╬ is a box junction whose lines run to the cell edges.

╪

Box Drawings Vertical Single And Horizontal Double

╪'s vertical is a single line; ╬ doubles both directions.

┼

Box Drawings Light Vertical And Horizontal

┼ uses single lines in both directions.

╋

Box Drawings Heavy Vertical And Horizontal

╋ uses heavy solid strokes; ╬ uses two thin parallel lines.

Related characters

5

═

Box Drawings Double Horizontal

═ is the double horizontal segment running through ╬.

💢

Anger Symbol

The same popping vein that ╬ stands for in angry kaomoji like (╬ಠ益ಠ).

║

Box Drawings Double Vertical

The double vertical line that runs through ╬.

╠

Box Drawings Double Vertical And Right

Left end of a double row divider that crosses columns at ╬.

╣

Box Drawings Double Vertical And Left

Right end of the same double row divider.

Combination ideas

4

Furious face; ╬ is the throbbing anger vein.

Annoyed, fuming face.

Double row divider crossing a column.

Four-cell double-line grid.

Questions people ask

1

Why does ╬ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.