U+1D5D2 "𝗒" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small Y Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝗒
U+1D5D2 "𝗒" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small Y is a stylized variant of the lowercase letter y, designed with a clean, straight sans-serif typeface for use in mathematical and scientific notation. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, where it serves as a distinct glyph to represent variables, constants, or algebraic symbols without the serifs typical of standard text fonts. This character ensures unambiguous formatting in equations, particularly in contexts where a specific style is required to differentiate between similar symbols or to adhere to typographic conventions in academic and technical writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D5D2 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Sans-Serif Small Y |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "y" U+0079 Latin Small Letter Y |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝗒 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝗒 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x97 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDDD2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D5D2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\uddd2 |
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 | "y" U+0079 Latin Small Letter Y |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "y" U+0079 Latin Small Letter Y |
| 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 |