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Heavy horizontal line

U+2501 · Box Drawing

Meaning and uses

A thick horizontal line from the box drawing set. Repeat it for a bold divider: ━━━━━━.

Unicode details

━ is the Unicode character named BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY HORIZONTAL, code point U+2501, 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.

Unicode nameBOX DRAWINGS HEAVY HORIZONTAL
Code pointU+2501
BlockBox Drawing
AddedUnicode 1.1 (1993)
UTF-8 bytesE2 94 81
UTF-162501
HTML━

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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 2501 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 heavy horizontal”.
  • On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2501, then Space or Enter.
  • In HTML, use ━. In a CSS content property, use "\2501".

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