U+1D71A "𝜚" Mathematical Italic Rho Symbol Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝜚

U+1D71A "𝜚" Mathematical Italic Rho Symbol is a glyph used primarily in mathematical and scientific notation to represent the Greek letter rho in an italic typeface, distinguishing it from its standard Greek alphabet counterpart for clarity in formulas and equations. It is part of the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides dedicated characters for letters in various styles, such as bold, italic, and script, to prevent ambiguity when mixing text and mathematical expressions. This specific character is often employed in fields like physics, statistics, and engineering to denote variables such as density, resistivity, or correlation coefficients, ensuring that the italic style conforms to typographic conventions for mathematical variables.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D71A
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Italic Rho Symbol
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "ϱ" U+03F1 Greek Rho Symbol

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝜚
HTML Hex Encoding 𝜚
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x9C 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDF1A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D71A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udf1a

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 "ρ" U+03C1 Greek Small Letter Rho
NFKC Simple Casefold "ρ" U+03C1 Greek Small Letter Rho
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