U+1D71E "𝜞" Mathematical Bold Italic Capital Gamma Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝜞

U+1D71E "𝜞" Mathematical Bold Italic Capital Gamma is a typographical variant of the Greek letter Gamma (Γ), specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where bold italic styling is required to denote a vector, tensor, or a specific variable with distinct emphasis. This character belongs to the "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" block, which provides separate codepoints for styled letters to maintain semantic clarity and allow for precise formatting in digital text, rather than relying on font-based styling that could be lost or misinterpreted across different systems. Its use is standard in technical documents, particularly within physics and engineering contexts, to represent quantities like the Lorentz factor or the gamma function in a bold italic form.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D71E
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Bold 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 0x9C 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDF1E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D71E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udf1e

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