| Character | ╣ |
| Name | Box Drawings Double Vertical And Left |
| Unicode Code Point | U+2563 |
| Decimal Value | 9571 |
| Hex Value | 0x2563 |
| Category | Box Drawing |
| Windows Alt Code | Alt+185 |
| Word Alt+X Code | 2563 + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | ╣ |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | ╣ / ╣ |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\2563"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{2563}" |
Box Drawings Double Vertical And Left 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+2563 (decimal 9571), Box Drawings Double Vertical And Left is the 100th 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: Mixing single-line and double-line box-drawing characters in the same border will produce visual gaps — stay consistent within one drawing.
Hold Alt and type 185 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.