What ⍶ means
⍶ is the apl functional symbol alpha underbar. Unicode classifies it as an “other symbol” — Unicode's shelf for signs that are neither maths, money nor punctuation and files it in the Miscellaneous Technical block; this site shelves it under Maths.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
⍶ is a single code point, U2376. In HTML that is ⍶, and in CSS \2376.
Questions people ask
1Why does ⍶ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ⍶
- Search it as
- apl functional symbol alpha underbar · apl functional symbol alpha underbar symbol · apl functional symbol alpha underbar copy paste
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
⍶CSS
\2376Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⍶
HTML hex
⍶
CSS content
content: "\2376";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8D%B6
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.