U+236D "⍭" Apl Functional Symbol Stile Tilde Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⍭
U+236D "⍭" Apl Functional Symbol Stile Tilde is a specialized glyph used within the APL programming language, where it represents a specific operator or functional notation. The symbol combines a stile vertical line with a tilde, and in APL's unique symbolic lexicon, it typically denotes a logical or arithmetic operation, such as a form of negation or set difference, depending on its syntactic context. As part of the APL codepage block in Unicode, this character ensures that legacy APL code and mathematical notation can be accurately represented and exchanged in modern digital text, preserving the language's distinctive visual grammar for programmers and linguists.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+236D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol Stile Tilde |
| 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 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x236D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000236D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u236d |
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 |