# ╲ U+2572 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DIAGONAL UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT

Thin diagonal line falling from upper left to lower right, a backslash shape used in box drawing and text-mode ASCII art borders.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `╲` |
| Codepoint | U+2572 |
| Name | BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DIAGONAL UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT |
| Block | [Box Drawing](https://unicodekit.com/block/box-drawing) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Symbol (So) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `╲` `╲` |
| CSS | `\2572` |
| JavaScript | `\u2572` |
| UTF-8 | E2 95 B2 |
| UTF-16 | 2572 |

## Notes

- not intended for mathematical symbol \diagdown

## Related characters

- ╱ [U+2571 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DIAGONAL UPPER RIGHT TO LOWER LEFT](https://unicodekit.com/char/2571)
- ╳ [U+2573 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DIAGONAL CROSS](https://unicodekit.com/char/2573)
- ╰ [U+2570 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT ARC UP AND RIGHT](https://unicodekit.com/char/2570)
- ╴ [U+2574 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT LEFT](https://unicodekit.com/char/2574)
- ╯ [U+256F BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT ARC UP AND LEFT](https://unicodekit.com/char/256F)
- ╵ [U+2575 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP](https://unicodekit.com/char/2575)
- ╮ [U+256E BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT ARC DOWN AND LEFT](https://unicodekit.com/char/256E)
- ╶ [U+2576 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT RIGHT](https://unicodekit.com/char/2576)
- ╭ [U+256D BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT ARC DOWN AND RIGHT](https://unicodekit.com/char/256D)
- ╷ [U+2577 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN](https://unicodekit.com/char/2577)
- ╬ [U+256C BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL](https://unicodekit.com/char/256C)
- ╸ [U+2578 BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY LEFT](https://unicodekit.com/char/2578)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/2572 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/2572