U+1D738 "𝜸" Mathematical Bold Italic Small Gamma Unicode Character

U+1D738 "𝜸" Mathematical Bold Italic Small Gamma is a typographic variant of the Greek letter gamma, specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a bold, italic style is required to distinguish a variable or constant from standard text. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides separate codepoints for different font styles of letters to allow unambiguous representation in plain text, such as in equations or formal documents. This character is commonly used to denote specific functions, parameters, or particles in fields like physics, engineering, and statistics, ensuring clarity and consistency in complex technical writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D738
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Bold Italic Small Gamma
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"γ" U+03B3 Greek Small Letter Gamma

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝜸
HTML Hex Encoding	𝜸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9C 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDF38
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D738
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udf38

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	"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	Lower