U+1D69E "𝚞" Mathematical Monospace Small U Unicode Character

U+1D69E "𝚞" Mathematical Monospace Small U is a typographic glyph used in mathematical and scientific notation to represent the lowercase letter 'u' in a monospaced or typewriter font style, distinct from its standard alphabetical counterpart. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was introduced to allow precise semantic distinction in technical texts, such as in computer science, coding, or formal logic, where a monospace representation is required. This character ensures that the letter 'u' retains its intended typographic form even when the surrounding text uses a different font, thus preserving clarity and meaning in specialized documents.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D69E
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Monospace Small U
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"u" U+0075 Latin Small Letter U

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝚞
HTML Hex Encoding	𝚞
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9A 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDE9E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D69E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\ude9e

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	"u" U+0075 Latin Small Letter U
NFKC Simple Casefold	"u" U+0075 Latin Small Letter U
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