U+1D63D "𝘽" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Capital B Unicode Character

U+1D63D "𝘽" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Capital B is part of the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed to provide a distinct, stylized version of the uppercase letter B for use in mathematical and scientific notation. This character combines a sans-serif typeface with bold weight and italic slant, allowing it to represent variables, vectors, or set elements in contexts where a plain Latin letter might be ambiguous or insufficient for distinguishing semantic roles. It is not intended for ordinary text, but rather for precise, technical communication in fields like algebra, physics, or computer science.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D63D
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Capital B
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"B" U+0042 Latin Capital Letter B

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝘽
HTML Hex Encoding	𝘽
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x98 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDE3D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D63D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\ude3d

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	"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	Upper