U+1D540 "𝕀" Mathematical Double-Struck Capital I Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝕀

U+1D540 "𝕀" Mathematical Double-Struck Capital I is part of the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a distinct, blackboard bold style is required. This character represents the double-struck or blackboard bold version of the capital letter I, commonly used to denote the set of imaginary numbers in complex analysis or the identity matrix in linear algebra, but it also appears in contexts like number theory for the set of integers (though the double-struck Z is more standard for integers). It was encoded in Unicode version 3.1 in 2001 to facilitate clear, unambiguous typesetting in digital documents, enabling mathematicians and scientists to visually distinguish this specialized letter from ordinary text.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D540
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Double-Struck Capital I
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "I" U+0049 Latin Capital Letter I

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝕀
HTML Hex Encoding 𝕀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x95 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDD40
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D540
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udd40

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 "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I
NFKC Simple Casefold "i" U+0069 Latin Small Letter I
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