U+234D "⍍" Apl Functional Symbol Quad Delta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+234D "⍍" Apl Functional Symbol Quad Delta is a graphic symbol used in the APL programming language, where it represents a specific mathematical or functional operation depending on its context within code. This character, a combination of a Greek delta shape enclosed within a quad (a square or rectangle), typically signifies a system function or operator that applies a difference or change operation, often related to numerical differentiation or array manipulation. As part of the "APL Functional Symbols" block in Unicode, it is distinct from plain text characters and is designed to maintain the precise syntactic meaning required in APL's symbolic notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+234D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol Quad Delta |
| 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 0x8D 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x234D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000234D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u234d |
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 |