U+1D40C "𝐌" Mathematical Bold Capital M Unicode Character

U+1D40C "𝐌" Mathematical Bold Capital M is a typographic variant of the standard uppercase Latin letter M, designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a bold style is required to denote vectors, matrices, sets, or other symbolic elements distinct from ordinary text. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was introduced to allow clear and unambiguous representation of styled letters in plain text environments, avoiding reliance on font formatting or markup. This character is rendered as a heavy, upright version of the capital M and is commonly employed in equations, academic papers, and digital mathematics to ensure visual consistency and semantic precision.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D40C
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Bold Capital M
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"M" U+004D Latin Capital Letter M

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝐌
HTML Hex Encoding	𝐌
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x90 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDC0C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D40C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udc0c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Uppercase	Yes
Cased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
NFKC Simple Casefold	"m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Math	Yes
Other Math	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Upper