This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "Box Drawing" block which goes from 0x2500 to 0x257F.
You can safely add this character in your html code with the entity: ╂
You can use the u+2542 copy pc button below.
Easy u+2542 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+2542 name is box drawings vertical heavy and horizontal light emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | 2542, u2542 |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | FORMS VERTICAL HEAVY AND HORIZONTAL LIGHT |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL HEAVY AND HORIZONTAL LIGHT |
| resolved name | box drawings vertical heavy and horizontal light |
| block | Box Drawing (Box_Drawing) |
| common typos | u+5242, u+4252 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 2542 like u 2542, (u+2542) or u +2542. You can also find u-2542, u*2542, un+2542, u2542, u=2542 or c+2542. You can also spell it with u 2542 unicode, u plus 2542, uncode 2542 or unicode + 2542.
Its bidirectional class is "ON":Other Neutrals (All other characters, including OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER)
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+2542 that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode Box Drawing keyboard.
A sample of fonts are used below to display whether the character has a glyph in this font or not.
Encodings (Unicode characters converter)
The following character table converter for +u2542 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | E2 95 82 | 14849410 | 11100010 10010101 10000010 |
| UCS2 | 42 25 | 16933 | 01000010 00100101 |
| UTF-16LE | 42 25 | 16933 | 01000010 00100101 |
| UTF-16BE | 25 42 | 9538 | 00100101 01000010 |
| UTF7 | 2B 4A 55 49 2D | 185930697005 | 00101011 01001010 01010101 01001001 00101101 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 26 4A 55 49 2D | 164455860525 | 00100110 01001010 01010101 01001001 00101101 |