U+2354 "⍔" Apl Functional Symbol Quad Del Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2354 "⍔" Apl Functional Symbol Quad Del is a specific glyph used within the APL programming language, where it represents the "quad del" function, typically employed to denote a system operation or a special, often user-defined, function related to the terminal or environment, such as reading or writing data from external files. Its visual design combines a square or quad shape, which in APL signifies a system-related context, with the delta or "del" symbol that indicates a function definition. This character is part of the APL Functional Symbols block in Unicode, allowing it to be correctly displayed and transmitted in modern digital text and coding contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2354 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol Quad Del |
| 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 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2354 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002354 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2354 |
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 |