U+234E "⍎" Apl Functional Symbol down Tack Jot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+234E "⍎" Apl Functional Symbol down Tack Jot is a specialized glyph from the APL programming language character set, representing the "execute" or "evaluate" operator in APL notation, where it is used to apply a function to an argument or to execute an expression. Its name combines "down tack" for the downward-pointing shape of the symbol and "jot" for the small circle element, reflecting its distinct visual design within the APL repertoire. This character is part of the "Miscellaneous Technical" Unicode block and serves a crucial role in writing compact, symbolic APL code, where it often appears in conjunction with other functional symbols to denote operations on arrays and functions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+234E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol down Tack Jot |
| 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 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x234E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000234E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u234e |
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 |