U+2061 "" Function Application Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+2061 "" Function Application is an invisible formatting character used in mathematical and scientific notation to indicate that a function should be applied to its following argument without any visible spacing or operator. It is typically employed in plain text to distinguish, for example, the multiplication of variables from the application of a function like sin or f, ensuring that sequences such as "sin x" are correctly interpreted as the sine function applied to x rather than a multiplication of variables. This character helps maintain semantic accuracy in digital text, particularly when rendering complex formulas or programming contexts where implicit function application needs explicit marking.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2061 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Function Application |
| Block | General Punctuation |
| General Category | Format |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Boundary Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⁡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⁡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x81 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2061 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002061 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2061 |