U+2376 "⍶" Apl Functional Symbol Alpha Underbar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⍶
U+2376 "⍶" Apl Functional Symbol Alpha Underbar is a typographic glyph used in the APL programming language, where it represents a modified version of the Greek letter alpha with an underbar. In APL, this symbol typically denotes a specific function or operator, often related to set operations such as intersection or logical conjunction, depending on the context of its use in a program. Its designation "Functional Symbol" indicates it is not a regular alphabetic character but a special operator within APL's unique notation, which relies on a non standard character set to express complex mathematical and array operations concisely.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2376 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol Alpha 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 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2376 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002376 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2376 |
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 |