U+1D686 "𝚆" Mathematical Monospace Capital W Unicode Character

U+1D686 "𝚆" Mathematical Monospace Capital W is a typographic variant of the standard Latin capital letter W, designed specifically for use in mathematical and technical contexts where a fixed-width, typewriter style is required. Part of the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, it allows authors to distinguish variables, constants, or other symbolic notation from ordinary text, ensuring clarity in equations, programming notation, and formal documentation. This character preserves the same letterform as a monospace font's uppercase W but is encoded separately to maintain semantic precision, preventing confusion with the basic Latin "W" in plain text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D686
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Monospace Capital W
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"W" U+0057 Latin Capital Letter W

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝚆
HTML Hex Encoding	𝚆
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9A 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDE86
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D686
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\ude86

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	"w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W
NFKC Simple Casefold	"w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W
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