U+1D6C2 "𝛂" Mathematical Bold Small Alpha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝛂

U+1D6C2 "𝛂" Mathematical Bold Small Alpha is a glyph representing the Greek letter alpha in a bold typeface, designed specifically for use in mathematical and scientific notation to distinguish variables, constants, or symbols from plain text or other formatting styles. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides a wide range of styled letters to ensure clarity and precision in complex equations, particularly in fields like physics, engineering, and advanced mathematics. This bold variant is often employed when an author or system needs to emphasize a specific alpha symbol or differentiate it from other similar characters, such as a standard Greek alpha or an italic mathematical alpha, without altering the surrounding text's formatting.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D6C2
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Bold Small Alpha
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "α" U+03B1 Greek Small Letter Alpha

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝛂
HTML Hex Encoding 𝛂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x9B 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDEC2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D6C2
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udec2

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 "α" U+03B1 Greek Small Letter Alpha
NFKC Simple Casefold "α" U+03B1 Greek Small Letter Alpha
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