Unicode Character "⍺" (U+237A)

The character ⍺ (Apl Functional Symbol Alpha) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+237A. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Technical block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ⍺.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Apl Functional Symbol Alpha
Unicode Codepoint U+237A
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Miscellaneous Technical
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+237A Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⍺
HTML (hex) ⍺
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%8D%BA
CSS \00237A
JavaScript, JSON \u237A
C, C++, Java \u237A
Python \u237A
Rust \u{237A}
Ruby \u237A

How to type "⍺"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 3 7 A. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 3 7 A. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ⍺
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ⍺
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ⍺
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8D 0xBA
UTF-16 (hex) 0x237A
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000237A

References