U+237A "⍺" Apl Functional Symbol Alpha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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U+237A "⍺" Apl Functional Symbol Alpha is a typographic glyph used in the APL programming language to represent the alpha function, which is a higher-order operator that applies a given function to an argument and its repeated result, similar to a general concept of self-referencing recursion. This symbol is part of the APL functional symbols block in Unicode, designed specifically for coding environments that support the APL language.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+237A
Version Added
1.1
Name
Apl Functional Symbol Alpha
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 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding
0x237A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000237A
C/C++/Java Escape
\u237a

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