U+1D5BC "𝖼" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small C Unicode Character

U+1D5BC "𝖼" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small C is a typographic variant of the lowercase letter "c" designed in a sans-serif, or "grotesque," style, with simplified stroke forms lacking the decorative serifs found in traditional serif typefaces. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was introduced to provide distinct, unambiguous characters for mathematical notation, allowing the letter to be clearly distinguished from both ordinary text and other mathematical symbols. This character is primarily used in scientific and academic documents, such as equations or formulas, where a sans-serif style is preferred for clarity or to denote specific mathematical objects like constants or variables.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D5BC
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Small C
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"c" U+0063 Latin Small Letter C

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝖼
HTML Hex Encoding	𝖼
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x96 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDDBC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D5BC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\uddbc

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	"c" U+0063 Latin Small Letter C
NFKC Simple Casefold	"c" U+0063 Latin Small Letter C
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