U+1D5F5 "𝗵" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small H Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝗵
U+1D5F5 "𝗵" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small H is a typographic symbol belonging to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed specifically for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a bold, sans-serif lowercase letter h is needed to distinguish it from standard text or to represent a variable, constant, or function in typesetting. It is not a regular Latin letter but a dedicated mathematical glyph that ensures consistent styling across different fonts and platforms, often used in equations to denote scalars, vectors, or other symbolic entities when visual weight or simplicity is required.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D5F5 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small H |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝗵 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝗵 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x97 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDDF5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D5F5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\uddf5 |
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 | "h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H |
| 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 |