U+1D5C5 "𝗅" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small L Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1D5C5 "𝗅" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small L is a specific glyph belonging to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a sans-serif style letter is needed to distinguish variables or constants from standard text. It represents a lowercase Latin letter L rendered in a sans-serif typeface, offering a clean, modern appearance that avoids the serifs found in traditional fonts. This character is part of a larger set of alphanumeric symbols encoded to allow mathematicians, scientists, and technical writers to clearly express formulas and equations in plain text without relying on specific font formatting, ensuring consistent interpretation across different platforms and software. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates precise communication in fields such as physics, computer science, and engineering, where differentiation between serif and sans-serif styles can carry semantic meaning.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D5C5
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Sans-Serif Small L
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝗅
HTML Hex Encoding 𝗅
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x97 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDDC5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D5C5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\uddc5

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 "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L
NFKC Simple Casefold "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L
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