U+2337 "⌷" Apl Functional Symbol Squish Quad Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⌷
U+2337 "⌷" Apl Functional Symbol Squish Quad is a typographic symbol originally from the APL programming language, where it functions as a specialized operator. In APL, the squish quad is used to perform a "squish" or "ravelling" operation, which essentially flattens or rearranges multidimensional arrays into a vector or different shape, with the "quad" part of its name referencing the square box shape characteristic of many APL symbols. This character is included in the Unicode standard to support the accurate representation of APL code and mathematical notation in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2337 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol Squish Quad |
| 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 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2337 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002337 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2337 |
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 |