U+1D48B "𝒋" Mathematical Bold Italic Small J Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝒋

U+1D48B "𝒋" Mathematical Bold Italic Small J is a specialized typographic glyph used primarily in mathematical and scientific notation to represent the letter 'j' in a bold italic style, which helps distinguish it from standard text. This character belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, a large set of characters designed to provide clear, unambiguous representations of letters and digits in various styles for use in formulas, equations, and technical documents. Its presence allows authors and typesetters to maintain semantic clarity, as the bold italic form often indicates a variable, vector, or specific mathematical entity, such as an imaginary unit or a coordinate axis, without relying on font formatting that might be lost in plain text.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D48B
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Bold Italic Small J
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "j" U+006A Latin Small Letter J

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝒋
HTML Hex Encoding 𝒋
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x92 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDC8B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D48B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udc8b

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 "j" U+006A Latin Small Letter J
NFKC Simple Casefold "j" U+006A Latin Small Letter J
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Soft Dotted 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