U+1D6E2 "𝛢" Mathematical Italic Capital Alpha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝛢

U+1D6E2 "𝛢" Mathematical Italic Capital Alpha is a specialized typographic glyph used primarily in mathematical and scientific notation to represent the uppercase Greek letter Alpha in an italic style. Unlike the standard Greek capital Alpha found in the main Greek block, this character belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was created to allow mathematicians, physicists, and engineers to distinguish variables, constants, and other symbolic meanings from ordinary text. Because it retains a distinct code point, it ensures that the italic form of Alpha will be rendered consistently across digital platforms and fonts, avoiding reliance on simple font styling that might be lost or misapplied in complex equations or plain text contexts. This character is commonly seen in fields like particle physics, geometry, and linear algebra, where it may denote Angles, coefficients, or specific particle types such as alpha particles or alpha decay constants.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D6E2
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Italic Capital Alpha
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "Α" U+0391 Greek Capital Letter Alpha

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝛢
HTML Hex Encoding 𝛢
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x9B 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDEE2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D6E2
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udee2

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 "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 Upper