U+1D463 "𝑣" Mathematical Italic Small V Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝑣
U+1D463 "𝑣" Mathematical Italic Small V is a stylized typographic symbol that belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation. Its italic form distinguishes it from a standard Latin "v" and is typically employed to represent a variable, vector, or a physical quantity such as velocity in equations and formal documents. Character U+1D463 ensures precise semantic meaning in digital text, allowing mathematicians and scientists to differentiate between a variable and plain text when using mathematical typesetting systems like LaTeX or Unicode aware applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D463 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Italic Small V |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝑣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝑣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x91 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDC63 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D463 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\udc63 |
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 | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V |
| 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 |