U+1D47F "𝑿" Mathematical Bold Italic Capital X Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝑿

U+1D47F "𝑿" Mathematical Bold Italic Capital X is a specialized glyph used primarily in mathematical and scientific typesetting to represent a bold italic version of the capital letter X, allowing it to function as a distinct variable or symbol in complex equations and notations where plain text letters might be ambiguous. This character belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block in Unicode, which was introduced to provide a comprehensive set of styled Latin and Greek letters for precise, unambiguous representation in digital mathematics. Unlike the regular capital X, this bold italic form carries specific stylistic weight and slant, making it particularly useful for denoting vectors, matrices, or other mathematical objects that require visual differentiation from standard italic or roman variables.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D47F
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Bold Italic Capital X
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "X" U+0058 Latin Capital Letter X

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝑿
HTML Hex Encoding 𝑿
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x91 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDC7F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D47F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udc7f

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 "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X
NFKC Simple Casefold "x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X
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