What ┄ means
It marks a light, segmented horizontal boundary.
Box drawing uses equal-sized text cells to make borders and diagrams. Its tradition reaches character-cell graphics used before 1990. Videotex, an early screen-based information service, had line-drawing standards by November 1988.
In a text layout, use it where a segmented edge belongs.
Technical and utilitarian.
Part of collections
Don't confuse it with
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Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Horizontal
┄ versus ┅: the second is heavier, while both keep three horizontal dashes.
Box Drawings Light Quadruple Dash Horizontal
Four light dashes instead of three change the line's gap rhythm.
Box Drawings Light Horizontal
One continuous light stroke, with no gaps.
Box Drawings Light Double Dash Horizontal
Light double-dash horizontal: two dashes per cell instead of three, giving longer dashes and wider gaps.
Related characters
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Combination ideas
3A light dashed divider between sections.
A cut-here line for a coupon or ticket.
The top of a dashed box for optional content.
Questions people ask
1Why does ┄ look broken?
The gaps are intentional. Font and terminal support can affect alignment; a monospaced font with box-drawing support helps keep neighboring lines joined.
More like this
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…Horizontal Ellipsis
−Minus Sign
➖Minus
〰️Wavy Dash
┅Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Horizontal
┈Box Drawings Light Quadruple Dash Horizontal
│Box Drawings Light Vertical
┃Box Drawings Heavy Vertical
␀Symbol For Null
␁Symbol For Start Of Heading
␂Symbol For Start Of Text
␃Symbol For End Of Text
␄Symbol For End Of TransmissionCollections with ┄
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How to type or find ┄
- Search it as
- triple dash · dashed line · text divider · terminal art
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
┄CSS
\2504Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
┄
HTML hex
┄
CSS content
content: "\2504";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%94%84
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On screen
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Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.