U+1D45E "𝑞" Mathematical Italic Small Q Unicode Character

U+1D45E "𝑞" Mathematical Italic Small Q is a typographic glyph belonging to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where variables need to be distinguished from plain text. This character represents the lowercase letter q in a distinct italic style, differing from the ordinary italic "q" found in standard text fonts, and is intended for consistent formatting in equations, formulas, and technical documents. Its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that mathematical expressions retain their intended visual appearance across different platforms and applications without relying on font-specific styling.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D45E
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Italic Small Q
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝑞
HTML Hex Encoding	𝑞
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x91 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDC5E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D45E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udc5e

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	"q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q
NFKC Simple Casefold	"q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q
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