U+1D600 "𝘀" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small S Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1D600 "𝘀" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small S is a specific typographic glyph used primarily in mathematical and scientific notation to represent the letter "s" in a bold, sans-serif style. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to provide distinct characters for mathematical expressions, allowing authors to clearly differentiate between variables, constants, and other symbols that might otherwise look identical to standard Latin letters. This character is particularly useful in contexts such as textbooks, research papers, and online documents where precise formatting is required for formulas, vectors, or matrix notations, ensuring that the bold sans-serif "s" stands out visually from its regular-weight counterpart without relying on font styling that may not be reliably supported across all platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D600
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small S
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝘀
HTML Hex Encoding 𝘀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x98 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDE00
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D600
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\ude00

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 "s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S
NFKC Simple Casefold "s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S
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