U+1D637 "𝘷" Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic Small V Unicode Character

U+1D637 "𝘷" Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic Small V is a typographic glyph designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation to represent the variable v in a sans-serif italic style, distinct from the regular or serif italic v used in standard text. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides separate codepoints for letters in various styles to avoid ambiguity in formulas. This character allows writers and researchers to clearly indicate a specific italic, sans-serif variable in equations, particularly in contexts where different typefaces carry semantic meaning, such as in vector notation or computer science.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D637
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Italic Small V
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝘷
HTML Hex Encoding	𝘷
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x98 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDE37
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D637
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\ude37

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	"v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V
NFKC Simple Casefold	"v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V
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