U+2336 "⌶" Apl Functional Symbol I-Beam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⌶
U+2336 "⌶" Apl Functional Symbol I-Beam is a typographic symbol from the APL (A Programming Language) character set, representing the "I-Beam" function which is used for array manipulation and structural operations. In APL, this symbol typically denotes a function that selects or "slices" elements from an array along a specified dimension, often in contexts involving axis control or indexing. The character's visual design is a thick, I-shaped glyph resembling a structural beam, reflecting its name and functional role in indicating specific data extraction or transformation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2336 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol I-Beam |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⌶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⌶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8C 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2336 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002336 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2336 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |