U+1D623 "𝘣" Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic Small B Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝘣
U+1D623 "𝘣" Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic Small B is a glyph belonging to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed to represent the letter "b" in a sans-serif italic style for use in mathematical and scientific notation. This character allows authors to clearly distinguish variables, constants, or other symbolic elements from plain text, ensuring precision in complex formulas where style conveys meaning. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that this specific typographic variant can be faithfully rendered across different platforms without relying on font-specific formatting.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D623 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic Small B |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "b" U+0062 Latin Small Letter B |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝘣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝘣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x98 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDE23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D623 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\ude23 |
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 | "b" U+0062 Latin Small Letter B |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "b" U+0062 Latin Small Letter B |
| 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 |