| Character | ┃ |
| Name | Box Drawings Heavy Vertical |
| Unicode Code Point | U+2503 |
| Decimal Value | 9475 |
| Hex Value | 0x2503 |
| Category | Box Drawing |
| Windows Alt Code | Not available — use copy/paste |
| Word Alt+X Code | 2503 + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | ┃ |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | ┃ / ┃ |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\2503"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{2503}" |
Box Drawings Heavy 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+2503 (decimal 9475), Box Drawings Heavy Vertical is the 4th of 128 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, like most characters outside the 0–255 legacy codepage range, it has no dedicated Alt-code or single-key shortcut on Windows or Mac, so copy-paste is the standard, universal method for typing 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: For these characters to align correctly into clean borders, you must use a monospace font — in a proportional font, box-drawing characters will not connect properly.
No alt code available — click the copy button above and paste with Ctrl+V.
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.
Windows does not have an Alt code for Box Drawings Heavy Vertical. Copy ┃ from this page and paste it with Ctrl+V.
There is no dedicated Mac shortcut for Box Drawings Heavy Vertical. Copy ┃ from this page and paste it with Command+V.
Box Drawings Heavy Vertical (┃) is Unicode U+2503, decimal 9475.
Use the HTML entity ┃, or the numeric code ┃ (hex ┃).