U+1D736 "𝜶" Mathematical Bold Italic Small Alpha Unicode Character

U+1D736 "𝜶" Mathematical Bold Italic Small Alpha is a typographic glyph representing the Greek letter alpha in a bold italic style, specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides distinct letter forms to avoid confusion between variables and regular text in complex equations. This character is often employed to denote angles, coefficients, or other variables in fields such as physics, engineering, and mathematics, where its stylized appearance helps differentiate it from the standard italic alpha or other similar symbols.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D736
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Bold Italic Small Alpha
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"α" U+03B1 Greek Small Letter Alpha

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝜶
HTML Hex Encoding	𝜶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9C 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDF36
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D736
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udf36

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	"α" U+03B1 Greek Small Letter Alpha
NFKC Simple Casefold	"α" U+03B1 Greek Small Letter Alpha
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