# \diagdown

The ╲ symbol (Box drawings light diagonal upper left to lower right, U+2572), written as \diagdown in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/diagdown

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Letter-like symbols](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/letter-like) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ╲ |
| Unicode | U+2572 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DIAGONAL UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\diagdown
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 324 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2572 (BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DIAGONAL UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT).