U+1D6FD "𝛽" Mathematical Italic Small Beta Unicode Character

U+1D6FD "𝛽" Mathematical Italic Small Beta is a typographic variant of the Greek letter beta, specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation. It belongs to the “Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols” block, which provides distinct, styled forms of letters to distinguish variables, constants, and symbols from ordinary text. This italic glyph is commonly employed to represent the beta function, beta particles, regression coefficients, or angles in fields such as mathematics, physics, and engineering. By assigning a dedicated code point, Unicode ensures that the italic beta can be reliably rendered and processed in digital environments without relying on font-specific formatting.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D6FD
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Italic 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 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDEFD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D6FD
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udefd

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