U+234F "⍏" Apl Functional Symbol Upwards Vane Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+234F "⍏" Apl Functional Symbol Upwards Vane is a typographic symbol used within the APL programming language, where it represents the "grade up" or "sort ascending" operation, returning the indices that would sort an array into increasing order. This character is part of the APL "operational" set of symbols, designed to compactly express complex array manipulations in a single glyph rather than through verbose code. In its visual form, the symbol resembles a stylized upward-pointing arrow or vane, which visually cues its function of directing data into an ascending order. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that APL code can be reliably represented and transmitted across different systems and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+234F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol Upwards Vane |
| 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 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x234F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000234F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u234f |
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 |