U+237D "" Shouldered Open Box Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Symbols 2 Source: Browser Default

U+237D "" Shouldered Open Box is a graphic symbol used primarily in technical notation to represent a missing or unknown character, often in contexts where a placeholder is needed to indicate an absence of data or a printing gap. It features a rectangular shape with indentations on its sides, giving it a "shouldered" appearance, and is part of the Unicode block for miscellaneous technical symbols. This character is particularly associated with APL (A Programming Language), where it serves as a representation for empty numeric arrays or placeholders in array-based computations.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
⍽
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x8D 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding
0x237D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000237D
C/C++/Java Escape
\u237d