U+1D737 "𝜷" Mathematical Bold Italic Small Beta Unicode Character

U+1D737 "𝜷" Mathematical Bold Italic Small Beta is a specialized glyph from the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed for use in scientific and mathematical notation to represent the Greek letter beta with a bold italic style. This character allows typographers and document authors to clearly distinguish variables, constants, or specific mathematical entities in complex equations, particularly in fields like physics, engineering, and statistics where bold italic formatting often indicates vectors or tensors. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent rendering across different software and platforms, eliminating the need for font substitutions or workarounds when displaying mathematical text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D737
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Bold Italic Small Beta
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"β" U+03B2 Greek Small Letter Beta

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝜷
HTML Hex Encoding	𝜷
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9C 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDF37
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D737
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udf37

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	"β" U+03B2 Greek Small Letter Beta
NFKC Simple Casefold	"β" U+03B2 Greek Small Letter Beta
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