Box Cross symbol
Type :box_cross: · Box drawing
Unicode name Box Drawings Light Vertical And Horizontal · Box Drawing block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ┼ is for
The four-way junction where a row divider crosses a column divider. One of these at every intersection is what separates a real table from four lines that happen to be near each other.
How to type ┼
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:box_cross: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 253C with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 253C then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:box_cross: On the web
HTML ┼
Unicode U+253C
JavaScript '\u{253C}'
CSS "\253C"
Python '\u253C'
URL %E2%94%BC
More from box drawing
:box_bottom_left: ┘ :box_bottom_right: ├ :box_tee_right: ┤ :box_tee_left: ┬ :box_tee_down: ┴ :box_tee_up: ╭ :box_round_top_left: ╮ :box_round_top_right: ╰ :box_round_bottom_left: ╯ :box_round_bottom_right: ═ :box_double_horizontal: ║ :box_double_vertical: Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .
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