U+1D6FE "𝛾" Mathematical Italic Small Gamma Unicode Character

U+1D6FE "𝛾" Mathematical Italic Small Gamma is a typographic glyph from the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, specifically designed to represent the Greek letter gamma in an italic style within mathematical and scientific notation. It is distinct from the basic Greek small gamma (U+03B3) as it is intended for use in formulas where consistent mathematical formatting is required, such as denoting the gamma function, Lorentz factors in physics, or as a variable in calculus and statistics. By providing this separate italic version, Unicode allows mathematicians and scientists to precisely distinguish mathematical variables from plain text, ensuring clarity in complex documents and digital typesetting.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D6FE
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Italic Small Gamma
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"γ" U+03B3 Greek Small Letter Gamma

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝛾
HTML Hex Encoding	𝛾
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9B 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDEFE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D6FE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udefe

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	"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	Lower