U+1D48E "𝒎" Mathematical Bold Italic Small M Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1D48E "𝒎" Mathematical Bold Italic Small M is a specialized typographic glyph from the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed to represent a lowercase "m" in a bold and italic style for use in mathematical and scientific notation. Unlike standard alphabetic characters, this symbol is intended to distinguish variables, constants, or specific terms within equations and formulas, ensuring clarity in complex documents where different styles convey distinct meanings. It is commonly employed in fields such as physics, engineering, and higher mathematics, where formatting conventions like bold italic help denote vectors or matrices. The character corresponds to a specific mathematical use case rather than everyday text, and it is supported in modern digital environments that include Unicode-compliant fonts.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D48E
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Bold Italic Small M
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝒎
HTML Hex Encoding 𝒎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x92 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDC8E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D48E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udc8e

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 "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 Lower