Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout
The character ╴ has the Unicode code point U+2574. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of
0x0800to0xffff.
Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format:1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
Where thexare the payload bits.UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range Codepoint Range Bytes Bit pattern Payload length U+0000 - U+007F 1 0xxxxxxx 7 bits U+0080 - U+07FF 2 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx 11 bits U+0800 - U+FFFF 3 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 16 bits U+10000 - U+10FFFF 4 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 21 bits Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:
Convert the hexadecimal code point U+2574 to binary:
00100101 01110100. Those are the payload bits.Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:
Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
11100010 10010101 10110100
BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT LEFT·U+2574
╴
Character Information
Code Point
U+2574
HEX
2574
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol
Character Representations
Click elements to copy| Encoding | Hex | Binary |
|---|---|---|
| UTF8 | E2 95 B4 | 11100010 10010101 10110100 |
| UTF16 (big Endian) | 25 74 | 00100101 01110100 |
| UTF16 (little Endian) | 74 25 | 01110100 00100101 |
| UTF32 (big Endian) | 00 00 25 74 | 00000000 00000000 00100101 01110100 |
| UTF32 (little Endian) | 74 25 00 00 | 01110100 00100101 00000000 00000000 |
HTML Entity
╴
URI Encoded
%E2%95%B4
Description
The Unicode character U+2574, commonly known as BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT LEFT, is a typographical symbol used primarily in digital text for creating simple geometric shapes such as boxes, borders, or dividers. It is part of the Box Drawing block within the Unicode Standard, which includes various line drawing characters typically employed in user interfaces, tables, and other visual elements where clear demarcation or separation is required. While not culturally significant, U+2574 holds importance in technical and design contexts due to its versatile use in creating clean and organized layouts across different platforms and programming languages.
How to type the ╴ symbol on Windows
Hold Alt and type 9588 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.