U+1D450 "𝑐" Mathematical Italic Small C Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝑐

U+1D450 "𝑐" Mathematical Italic Small C is a typographic glyph from the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed to represent a lowercase letter 'c' in a slanted italic style specifically for use in mathematical and scientific notation to distinguish it from a normal typeface letter. It is not intended for regular text but serves as a distinct symbol to denote variables, constants, or other mathematical objects within equations, ensuring clarity and preventing confusion with similar-looking characters in standard fonts. This character is commonly employed in fields like physics, engineering, and advanced mathematics where precise notation is critical, and it can be rendered in any Unicode-compliant application that supports mathematical typesetting.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D450
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Italic Small C
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "c" U+0063 Latin Small Letter C

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝑐
HTML Hex Encoding 𝑐
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x91 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDC50
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D450
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udc50

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Lowercase 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 Lower