U+1D655 "𝙕" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Capital Z Unicode Character

U+1D655 "𝙕" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Capital Z is a typographic symbol belonging to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed for use in scientific and mathematical notation where a distinct, stylized letter is needed to represent variables, vectors, or matrices. It combines the stylistic features of a sans-serif typeface with bold weight and italic slant, ensuring that it can be distinguished from standard Latin text while retaining legibility. This character is encoded specifically for plain text environments, allowing it to be rendered consistently across different devices and fonts without relying on formatting hacks or math markup languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D655
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Capital Z
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"Z" U+005A Latin Capital Letter Z

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝙕
HTML Hex Encoding	𝙕
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x99 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDE55
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D655
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\ude55

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	"z" U+007A Latin Small Letter Z
NFKC Simple Casefold	"z" U+007A Latin Small Letter Z
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