U+1D6CE "𝛎" Mathematical Bold Small Nu Unicode Character

U+1D6CE "𝛎" Mathematical Bold Small Nu is a typographic variant of the Greek letter nu, specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a bold weight is required to distinguish variables or denote vectors and tensors. It belongs to the "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" block in Unicode, which provides distinct codepoints for mathematical formatting to avoid reliance on font-based styling. This character represents the same sound and value as the standard Greek nu but appears in a bold typeface, making it useful in contexts like linear algebra and physics equations where emphasis or conventional notation calls for such a style.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D6CE
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Bold Small Nu
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"ν" U+03BD Greek Small Letter Nu

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝛎
HTML Hex Encoding	𝛎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9B 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDECE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D6CE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udece

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	"ν" U+03BD Greek Small Letter Nu
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ν" U+03BD Greek Small Letter Nu
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