U+1D6E4 "𝛤" Mathematical Italic Capital Gamma Unicode Character

U+1D6E4 "𝛤" Mathematical Italic Capital Gamma is a typographic variant of the Greek capital letter Gamma, specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation to distinguish it from the standard Greek letter or from variables in ordinary text. It belongs to the "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" block, which provides a comprehensive set of letters in various styles such as bold, italic, and sans-serif to meet the precise formatting needs of equations. This italicized Gamma is commonly employed to denote specific mathematical functions, constants, or variables, such as the Euler–Mascheroni constant or a gamma function, ensuring clarity and consistency in technical writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D6E4
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Italic Capital Gamma
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"Γ" U+0393 Greek Capital Letter Gamma

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝛤
HTML Hex Encoding	𝛤
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9B 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDEE4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D6E4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udee4

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	"γ" U+03B3 Greek Small Letter Gamma
NFKC Simple Casefold	"γ" U+03B3 Greek Small Letter Gamma
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