U+1D5FA "𝗺" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small M Unicode Character

U+1D5FA "𝗺" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small M is a typographic glyph that represents the lowercase letter "m" in a sans-serif, bold typeface, designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation to distinguish variables or constants from plain text. Part of the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, it was encoded in Unicode version 3.1 to provide a dedicated, style-specific character for formulas, allowing clear differentiation from the standard "m" in running text. Its primary purpose is to ensure consistent rendering in digital documents, where it can denote a matrix, a unit like meters in bold context, or a specific mathematical entity without relying on nearby formatting commands.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D5FA
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small M
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝗺
HTML Hex Encoding	𝗺
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x97 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDDFA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D5FA
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\uddfa

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	"m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
NFKC Simple Casefold	"m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
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