U+1D4C8 "𝓈" Mathematical Script Small S Unicode Character

U+1D4C8 "𝓈" Mathematical Script Small S is a typographic variant of the standard Latin letter "s," designed in a decorative, cursive or calligraphic script style. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides distinct letter forms used to represent mathematical variables, functions, or constants in a way that avoids confusion with ordinary text. This specific glyph is intended for use in mathematical notation, often to denote a scalar, set, or other specialized quantity in disciplines like linear algebra or calculus. Its appearance is separate from the plain "s" found in standard fonts, and it relies on supporting software and fonts to display correctly.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D4C8
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Script Small S
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝓈
HTML Hex Encoding	𝓈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x93 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDCC8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D4C8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udcc8

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	"s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S
NFKC Simple Casefold	"s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S
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