U+1D497 "𝒗" Mathematical Bold Italic Small V Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝒗
U+1D497 "𝒗" Mathematical Bold Italic Small V is a typographic variant of the Latin letter "v" designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation, where it provides a distinct, stylized appearance to distinguish variables from plain text. This character belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was added to Unicode to represent specific text styles required for precise mathematical expression. It is typically rendered in a bold italic typeface, combining the emphasis of bold weight with the slant of italicization, making it ideal for denoting vectors, matrices, or other mathematical objects in technical documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D497 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Bold Italic Small V |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝒗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝒗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x92 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDC97 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D497 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\udc97 |
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 | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V |
| 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 |