U+1D6A0 "𝚠" Mathematical Monospace Small W Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝚠

U+1D6A0 "𝚠" Mathematical Monospace Small W is a dedicated typographic symbol from the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, specifically designed to represent the lowercase letter w in a monospaced (typewriter style) font within mathematical or scientific notation. It belongs to a set of characters that allow authors to clearly distinguish variables, constants, or operators from standard text, ensuring that the letter w appears with fixed width spacing and a distinct, machine like appearance in equations or code related contexts. This character is particularly useful in digital documents or typesetting systems where precise semantic differentiation is needed, as it avoids the ambiguity of relying on ordinary letters or stylistic variations.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D6A0
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Monospace Small W
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝚠
HTML Hex Encoding 𝚠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x9A 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDEA0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D6A0
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udea0

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 "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 Lower