U+233C "⌼" Apl Functional Symbol Quad Circle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⌼
U+233C "⌼" Apl Functional Symbol Quad Circle is a typographic glyph used within the APL programming language to represent a specific operator or function, typically involving an operation on arrays where a circle (representing a transformation or rotation) is applied within a quad or general context. Its visual design combines a square outline, the quad symbol, with a circle inscribed inside, giving it a distinctive appearance in code. While not common in general text, it is part of the APL character set, which relies on a large number of special symbols to denote operations concisely.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+233C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol Quad Circle |
| 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 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x233C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000233C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u233c |
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 |