U+1D6D8 "𝛘" Mathematical Bold Small Chi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝛘
U+1D6D8 "𝛘" Mathematical Bold Small Chi is a typographical variant of the Greek letter chi, specifically styled in a bold weight and lowercase form, and is encoded in the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block for use in scientific and mathematical notation. It represents the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet in its small script and is commonly employed in fields such as statistics, physics, and engineering, for example to denote a chi-squared distribution or a specific variable in tensor calculus. This character ensures that the chi letter can be visually distinguished from regular text when precision is required, thereby supporting clear communication in technical documents and academic publications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D6D8 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Bold Small Chi |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "χ" U+03C7 Greek Small Letter Chi |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝛘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝛘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x9B 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDED8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D6D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\uded8 |
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 | "χ" U+03C7 Greek Small Letter Chi |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "χ" U+03C7 Greek Small Letter Chi |
| 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 |