U+1D4AC "𝒬" Mathematical Script Capital Q Unicode Character

U+1D4AC "𝒬" Mathematical Script Capital Q is a decorative, calligraphic glyph designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation, specifically as a capital letter Q in a flowing script style. It belongs to the "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" block, which was introduced in Unicode version 3.1 to provide distinct characters for mathematical variables and constants, helping to avoid ambiguity with regular text. While it is a unique code point for digital representation, its appearance depends on the installed math fonts on a system, and it is typically used within formal mathematical expressions to denote a quantity, set, or parameter, such as in linear algebra or physics equations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D4AC
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Script Capital Q
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"Q" U+0051 Latin Capital Letter Q

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝒬
HTML Hex Encoding	𝒬
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x92 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDCAC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D4AC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udcac

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	"q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q
NFKC Simple Casefold	"q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q
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