U+1D69A "𝚚" Mathematical Monospace Small Q Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝚚
U+1D69A "𝚚" Mathematical Monospace Small Q is a typographic variant of the lowercase letter "q" designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a monospace, typewriter style is required. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was added to Unicode to provide distinct, style-specific characters that computers can correctly identify and render, preventing confusion with regular text in formulas. This character is typically employed in contexts like computer code, variable names, or algorithmic descriptions where a consistent, fixed-width appearance helps distinguish it from standard italics or serif forms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D69A |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Monospace Small Q |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝚚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝚚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x9A 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDE9A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D69A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\ude9a |
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 | "q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "q" U+0071 Latin Small Letter Q |
| 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 |