╥ Box-drawing junction

What ╥ means

It keeps a mixed-weight text border continuous at a junction.

These box-drawing characters come from computer character sets used before 1990, including China's GB 2312, Korea's KS X 1001, and vendor and terminal graphics sets. The Unicode chart also records mappings to Videotex mosaic graphics, used in early on-screen information services.

Each stroke is designed to reach its cell edge, so neighboring glyphs can form an unbroken line. Monospaced text keeps cells aligned; proportional spacing or missing font support can leave a gap.

Structural and technical: a building block for fixed-cell text diagrams.

A line-weight mismatch can make a continuous border look broken.

Part of collections

╔

Box Drawing Characters

😢

Sad Emoji

Don't confuse it with

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╤

Box Drawings Down Single And Horizontal Double

╥ vs ╤: ╥ has a double vertical stroke; ╤ puts the double stroke horizontally.

╦

Box Drawings Double Down And Horizontal

Both the vertical and horizontal strokes are double in ╦.

┬

Box Drawings Light Down And Horizontal

┬ has a single downward stroke; ╥'s is two parallel lines.

Related characters

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─

Box Drawings Light Horizontal

Its straight single horizontal stroke matches the horizontal line in ╥.

║

Box Drawings Double Vertical

Its double vertical stroke matches the downward line in ╥.

╨

Box Drawings Up Double And Horizontal Single

Bottom counterpart that ends the same double column line on a single edge.

╫

Box Drawings Vertical Double And Horizontal Single

Where the double column that starts at ╥ crosses a single row divider.

Combination ideas

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Top edge of a box split by a double divider.

Two panels separated by a double line.

Top edge of a box whose vertical lines are all double.

Questions people ask

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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.