U+235B "⍛" Apl Functional Symbol Jot Underbar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⍛
U+235B "⍛" Apl Functional Symbol Jot Underbar is a specialized glyph used within the APL programming language, where it serves as a functional operator that modifies the behavior of adjacent functions or arrays. Representing a "jot" (a small circle) combined with an underbar, it is part of APL's rich symbolic notation designed for concise mathematical and array-oriented operations. This character allows programmers to express complex operations like inner products or custom function composition in a single, visually distinct token, making code both efficient and readable for those familiar with the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+235B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol Jot Underbar |
| 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 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x235B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000235B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u235b |
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 |