U+1D6A1 "𝚡" Mathematical Monospace Small X Unicode Character

U+1D6A1 "𝚡" Mathematical Monospace Small X is a specialized glyph from the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed to represent the lowercase letter "x" in a monospace typeface for use in mathematical and scientific notation. It is distinct from the standard ASCII "x" because it is a separate code point intended to preserve semantic meaning, allowing it to be styled consistently in plain text environments where formatting like italics or bold is not supported. This character is typically used in contexts such as variable names, computer algebra systems, or technical documents where a monospace "x" is needed to differentiate it from other mathematical symbols or letters.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D6A1
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Monospace Small X
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝚡
HTML Hex Encoding	𝚡
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9A 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDEA1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D6A1
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udea1

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	"x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X
NFKC Simple Casefold	"x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X
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