U+1D5CA "𝗊" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small Q Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝗊
U+1D5CA "𝗊" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small Q is a typographic variant of the lowercase letter "q" designed in a sans-serif style, belonging to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block. It is primarily used in scientific and mathematical notation to distinguish the letter from other characters or to align with specific formatting conventions, such as when denoting variables, constants, or function names in sans-serif typefaces. This character is not intended for standard textual use but rather to provide a clear, stylistic choice for technical and academic manuscripts where precise symbolic representation is important.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D5CA |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Sans-Serif Small Q |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝗊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝗊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x97 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDDCA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D5CA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\uddca |
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 | "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 | Lower |