U+1D5B0 "𝖰" Mathematical Sans-Serif Capital Q Unicode Character

U+1D5B0 "𝖰" Mathematical Sans-Serif Capital Q is a typographic glyph designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation, representing the capital letter Q in a sans-serif typeface. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides distinct letterforms to avoid ambiguity with ordinary text when expressing variables, constants, or named sets such as the rational numbers (ℚ, though that is a different code point). This character is intended for plain text rendering in mathematical contexts, and its appearance depends on the font support, typically appearing as a clean, modern Q without serifs. It should not be used in regular prose, as it is strictly designated for mathematical formatting.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D5B0
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif 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 0x96 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDDB0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D5B0
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\uddb0

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