U+1D5D0 "𝗐" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small W Unicode Character

U+1D5D0 "𝗐" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small W is a stylized version of the Latin lowercase letter 'w' rendered in a sans-serif typeface, designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a distinct, non-italic typographic style is required to differentiate variables or constants from standard text. This character belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides a wide range of bold, italic, and script variants to avoid ambiguity in complex formulas. It is typically used in technical documents, such as research papers or textbooks, to represent a specific mathematical entity, like a vector or a coefficient, while maintaining a clean, modern appearance free of serifs.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D5D0
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Small W
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝗐
HTML Hex Encoding	𝗐
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x97 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDDD0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D5D0
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\uddd0

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	"w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W
NFKC Simple Casefold	"w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W
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