U+1D708 "𝜈" Mathematical Italic Small Nu Unicode Character

U+1D708 "𝜈" Mathematical Italic Small Nu is a stylized version of the lowercase Greek letter nu, specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation to distinguish it from ordinary text. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides a range of letters and digits in various styles, such as italic, bold, and script, for clarity in formulas. This character preserves the distinct curved shape of the Greek letter while adopting an italic slant, and it is commonly employed to represent variables, constants, or physical quantities like frequency or kinematic viscosity in disciplines such as physics, engineering, and mathematics.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D708
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Italic Small Nu
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"ν" U+03BD Greek Small Letter Nu

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝜈
HTML Hex Encoding	𝜈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9C 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDF08
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D708
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udf08

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	"ν" U+03BD Greek Small Letter Nu
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ν" U+03BD Greek Small Letter Nu
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