U+1D6B8 "𝚸" Mathematical Bold Capital Rho Unicode Character

U+1D6B8 "𝚸" Mathematical Bold Capital Rho is a typographical variant of the uppercase Greek letter Rho, specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where bold formatting is required to denote vectors, matrices, or other special symbolic meanings. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was introduced to allow mathematicians and scholars to represent distinct mathematical concepts without relying on font styling or markup that might be lost in plain text. This character is distinct from the regular Greek capital Rho and is intended to be used in contexts where the bold weight carries semantic significance, such as in linear algebra or physics equations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D6B8
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Bold Capital Rho
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"Ρ" U+03A1 Greek Capital Letter Rho

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝚸
HTML Hex Encoding	𝚸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9A 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDEB8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D6B8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udeb8

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	"ρ" U+03C1 Greek Small Letter Rho
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ρ" U+03C1 Greek Small Letter Rho
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