| Character | ║ |
| Name | Box Drawings Double Vertical |
| Unicode Code Point | U+2551 |
| Decimal Value | 9553 |
| Hex Value | 0x2551 |
| Category | Box Drawing |
| Windows Alt Code | Alt+186 |
| Word Alt+X Code | 2551 + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | ║ |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | ║ / ║ |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\2551"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{2551}" |
Box Drawings Double Vertical is a box-drawing character used to construct borders, tables, and frames directly out of text characters — a technique still used today in terminal applications, ASCII art, and command-line tool interfaces.
Unicode block: Box Drawing (U+2500–U+257F). Box-drawing characters originate from early IBM PC "code page 437" graphics, used to draw borders, tables, and simple UI frames in text-mode DOS applications before graphical interfaces existed.
At Unicode code point U+2551 (decimal 9553), Box Drawings Double Vertical is the 82nd of 128 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, it has a documented Windows Alt code, though no dedicated single-key Mac shortcut — Mac users generally rely on copy-paste for it. Regardless of platform, clicking the copy button above places the exact character on your clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts Unicode text.
💡 Good to know: Several box-drawing characters (particularly single-line ones) have classic DOS-era Alt codes from code page 437, distinct from the Windows-1252 Alt+0xxx codes used for accented letters.
Hold Alt and type 186 on the numeric keypad.
No dedicated shortcut — click the copy button above and paste with Cmd+V.
Click the symbol above to copy it, then paste anywhere — works on every device and OS.
Use the entity ║ in your HTML.
On Windows, hold Alt and type 186 on the numeric keypad (with Num Lock on), or copy ║ from this page and paste it with Ctrl+V.
There is no dedicated Mac shortcut for Box Drawings Double Vertical. Copy ║ from this page and paste it with Command+V.
Box Drawings Double Vertical (║) is Unicode U+2551, decimal 9553.
Use the HTML entity ║, or the numeric code ║ (hex ║).