U+1D464 "𝑤" Mathematical Italic Small W Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝑤
U+1D464 "𝑤" Mathematical Italic Small W is a typographic variant of the standard Latin letter “w,” specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a distinct italic style is required to represent variables, constants, or other symbolic elements. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides a comprehensive set of styled letters and digits to avoid ambiguity with regular text in complex formulas. This character appears visually as a slanted, cursive form of the lowercase w, emphasizing its role in equations and technical writing rather than in standard prose.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D464 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Italic Small W |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝑤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝑤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x91 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDC64 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D464 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\udc64 |
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 | "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W |
| 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 |