U+1D498 "𝒘" Mathematical Bold Italic Small W Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝒘
U+1D498 "𝒘" Mathematical Bold Italic Small W is part of the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, specifically used to represent the letter 'w' in a style that combines bold weight with italic slant for mathematical typesetting. This character allows writers and editors to denote variables, vectors, or specific symbolic meanings in scientific and mathematical documents, ensuring clear differentiation from standard text. It is encoded separately from the regular Latin 'w' to preserve its unique typographic identity and semantic role in formal notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D498 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Bold Italic Small W |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝒘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝒘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x92 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDC98 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D498 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\udc98 |
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 | "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W |
| 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 |