U+1D726 "𝜦" Mathematical Bold Italic Capital Lamda Unicode Character

U+1D726 "𝜦" Mathematical Bold Italic Capital Lamda is a typographic variant of the Greek letter lambda, specifically designed for mathematical notation to distinguish variables or constants from ordinary text. It belongs to the Unicode block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols, which provides distinct styles like bold, italic, bold-italic, and script to express semantic distinctions in formulas, particularly in fields such as physics and linear algebra. This character is most commonly used to represent eigenvalues, cosmological constants, or matrix decomposition factors, where the bold italic style emphasizes its role as a mathematical entity rather than a purely linguistic letter.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D726
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Bold Italic Capital Lamda
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"Λ" U+039B Greek Capital Letter Lamda

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝜦
HTML Hex Encoding	𝜦
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9C 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDF26
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D726
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udf26

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	"λ" U+03BB Greek Small Letter Lamda
NFKC Simple Casefold	"λ" U+03BB Greek Small Letter Lamda
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