U+1D6C3 "𝛃" Mathematical Bold Small Beta Unicode Character

U+1D6C3 "𝛃" Mathematical Bold Small Beta is a typographic variant of the Greek letter beta, specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a bold, upright style is required to distinguish it from italicized variables or standard text. Its primary purpose is to represent the beta function, beta distribution, or other specialized quantities in fields such as statistics, physics, and engineering, ensuring clear visual differentiation from ordinary Greek characters. This character belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides distinct stylistic forms like bold, italic, and script to prevent ambiguity in complex equations and to align with typesetting conventions for mathematical text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D6C3
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Bold Small Beta
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"β" U+03B2 Greek Small Letter Beta

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝛃
HTML Hex Encoding	𝛃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9B 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDEC3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D6C3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udec3

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	"β" U+03B2 Greek Small Letter Beta
NFKC Simple Casefold	"β" U+03B2 Greek Small Letter Beta
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