U+1D441 "𝑁" Mathematical Italic Capital N Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝑁
U+1D441 "𝑁" Mathematical Italic Capital N is a typographic variant of the Latin letter N, specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where italic style distinguishes variables from plain text. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block and is commonly employed to represent a variable, a parameter, or a specific entity in equations and formulae, such as in set theory or linear algebra. This character ensures that mathematical expressions are rendered clearly and consistently across different platforms and fonts, maintaining the semantic distinction between a mathematical variable and a regular uppercase N.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D441 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Italic Capital N |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "N" U+004E Latin Capital Letter N |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝑁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝑁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x91 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDC41 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D441 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\udc41 |
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 | "n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N |
| 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 |