U+1D474 "𝑴" Mathematical Bold Italic Capital M Unicode Character

U+1D474 "𝑴" Mathematical Bold Italic Capital M is part of the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, specifically designed to represent the capital letter M in a bold italic typeface for use in mathematical and scientific notation. It allows authors to clearly distinguish variables, vectors, matrices, or other symbolic entities from plain text, especially in contexts where formatting like bold and italic carries specific semantic meaning that plain Latin letters cannot convey. This character is typically rendered in specialized fonts that support mathematical typesetting, such as those used in LaTeX or word processors with equation editors, ensuring consistency in academic and technical documents.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D474
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Bold Italic Capital M
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"M" U+004D Latin Capital Letter M

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝑴
HTML Hex Encoding	𝑴
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x91 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDC74
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D474
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udc74

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	"m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
NFKC Simple Casefold	"m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
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