U+1D61C "𝘜" Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic Capital U Unicode Character

U+1D61C "𝘜" Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic Capital U is a typographical glyph specifically encoded for use in mathematical and scientific notation, where it represents a capital letter U in a sans-serif italic style, distinct from the standard italic U used in prose. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides a wide range of stylized letters to avoid ambiguity in formulas when both text and variables are mixed. This character is intended for rendering by specialized fonts and is not meant for general written language, helping mathematicians and scientists denote variables, vectors, or constants with precise stylistic requirements.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D61C
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic Capital U
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"U" U+0055 Latin Capital Letter U

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝘜
HTML Hex Encoding	𝘜
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x98 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDE1C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D61C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\ude1c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Uppercase	Yes
Cased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"u" U+0075 Latin Small Letter U
NFKC Simple Casefold	"u" U+0075 Latin Small Letter U
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	Upper