U+2362 "⍢" Apl Functional Symbol Del Diaeresis Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2362 "⍢" Apl Functional Symbol Del Diaeresis is a specialized glyph used in the APL programming language, where it represents a functional operator that combines the "del" function (often used for recursion or defining functions) with a diaeresis (two dots) to specify a modified behavior, such as indicating a variant or altered execution of the del operator. This character belongs to the "Miscellaneous Technical" block of Unicode and is primarily intended for typesetting APL code, where each symbol has a precise computational meaning in the language's array-oriented syntax. Its design reflects the visual clarity needed for APL's dense, symbolic notation, distinguishing it from other diacritic marks or operators.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2362 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol Del Diaeresis |
| 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 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2362 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002362 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2362 |
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 |