Light quadruple dash line

Meaning and uses

A line broken into four dashes. Repeated, it makes a dotted divider that feels lighter than a solid line.

Unicode details

┈ is the Unicode character named BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT QUADRUPLE DASH HORIZONTAL, code point U+2508, in the Box Drawing block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ┈

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 2508 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ┈.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “box drawings light quadruple dash horizontal”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2508, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ┈. In a CSS content property, use "\2508".