U+1D436 "𝐶" Mathematical Italic Capital C Unicode Character

U+1D436 "𝐶" Mathematical Italic Capital C is a typographic glyph specifically designed for mathematical and scientific notation, where it represents the uppercase letter C in an italic style distinct from standard textual italics. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides separate codepoints for letters in various styles to ensure unambiguous formatting in equations, such as denoting a variable, a constant, or a specific set in fields like calculus and linear algebra. This character is intended for use in plain text and has a defined numeric value of 120374 in decimal notation, allowing it to be reliably rendered across compatible fonts and systems without relying on local formatting conventions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D436
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Italic Capital C
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"C" U+0043 Latin Capital Letter C

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝐶
HTML Hex Encoding	𝐶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x90 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDC36
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D436
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udc36

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	"c" U+0063 Latin Small Letter C
NFKC Simple Casefold	"c" U+0063 Latin Small Letter C
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