U+1D604 "𝘄" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small W Unicode Character

U+1D604 "𝘄" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small W is a glyph used in mathematical and scientific notation to represent the lowercase letter W in a sans-serif bold typeface, distinct from the standard Latin alphabet. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was created to provide distinct characters for variables and operators in mathematical expressions, ensuring that semantic meaning is preserved regardless of the surrounding text formatting. This character is particularly useful in specialized fields like physics, engineering, and computer science, where its specific style helps differentiate it from other symbols or text, and it is typically rendered by modern fonts that support Unicode math typesetting.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D604
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small W
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝘄
HTML Hex Encoding	𝘄
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x98 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDE04
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D604
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\ude04

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	"w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W
NFKC Simple Casefold	"w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W
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