┐ Light down-and-left box-drawing corner

What ┐ means

It joins a top edge to the right-side drop. ─ is horizontal; │ is vertical. Place ┐ at the top-right turn.

The wider set came from character-cell graphics used before 1990 on IBM PCs and terminals. Related sets include GB 2312, KS X 1001 and Videotex, an early on-screen text service; a Videotex recommendation dates to 1988. Terminal menus and text art later reused these pieces.

Structural and decorative in fixed-width layouts.

If the strokes miss, check for font fallback or mismatched cell widths.

Part of the collection

╔

Box Drawing Characters

Don't confuse it with

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¬

Not Sign

The logical “not” sign. Its hook is shorter and sits mid-line, and it does not join box strokes.

⌉

Right Ceiling

The math right ceiling sign, used in ⌈x⌉. It has the same shape but a numeric meaning.

⌝

Top Right Corner

The top-right corner mark from technical notation. It is smaller and does not join box lines.

Related characters

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─

Box Drawings Light Horizontal

It supplies the horizontal stroke that meets ┐ at the corner.

│

Box Drawings Light Vertical

It supplies the vertical stroke that drops from ┐ to form the right edge.

┘

Box Drawings Light Up And Left

The bottom-right corner. ┐ and ┘ cap the two ends of a box's right side.

┓

Box Drawings Heavy Down And Left

Its heavy form: the same down-and-left corner drawn with heavy strokes.

╮

Box Drawings Light Arc Down And Left

The rounded form of the same top-right corner, for boxes with soft corners.

┤

Box Drawings Light Vertical And Left

A tee on the right side below ┐, where a row divider joins from the left.

Combination ideas

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The top of a small box, with sides dropping below.

A line turning down at its right end.

The top edge of a two-column table.

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.