U+1D5A0 "𝖠" Mathematical Sans-Serif Capital A Unicode Character

U+1D5A0 "𝖠" Mathematical Sans-Serif Capital A is a stylized variant of the Latin letter A, designed in a sans-serif typeface and intended for use in mathematical and scientific notation to distinguish variables, constants, or symbols from ordinary text. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides a wide range of alphabetic characters in various styles like bold, italic, and script, preventing ambiguity when letters carry specific mathematical meanings. Because of its clean, modern appearance, this character is often employed in academic papers, textbooks, and digital formulas where clarity and precision are essential, such as in linear algebra or set theory.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D5A0
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Capital A
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"A" U+0041 Latin Capital Letter A

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝖠
HTML Hex Encoding	𝖠
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x96 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDDA0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D5A0
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udda0

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	"a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A
NFKC Simple Casefold	"a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A
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