U+1D5EE "𝗮" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small A Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1D5EE "𝗮" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small A is a specific code point in the Unicode standard that represents the lowercase letter 'a' in a mathematical sans-serif bold typeface, designed for use in scientific and technical notation to clearly distinguish variables and symbols from regular text. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides distinct stylistic variants of Latin and Greek letters for mathematical formulas, where typographic differentiation is important for meaning. This character allows writers and publishers to encode a bold, sans-serif 'a' without relying on font formatting, ensuring consistent rendering across different platforms and software, particularly in contexts like textbooks, research papers, or digital equations.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D5EE
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small A
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝗮
HTML Hex Encoding 𝗮
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x97 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDDEE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D5EE
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\uddee

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 "a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A
NFKC Simple Casefold "a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A
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