U+1D73C "𝜼" Mathematical Bold Italic Small Eta Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝜼

U+1D73C "𝜼" Mathematical Bold Italic Small Eta is a typographic variant of the Greek letter eta (η) specifically designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation, where it is rendered in a bold italic style to distinguish it from standard text. This character belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was encoded to provide clear, unambiguous representations for variables, constants, and other symbols in formulas. Unlike plain Greek letters, the bold italic form of small eta is often used to denote specific mathematical objects such as viscosity in fluid dynamics, regression coefficients in statistics, or to represent metric tensors in general relativity, ensuring consistency across complex equations. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for precise textual representation in digital documents, scholarly articles, and typesetting systems like LaTeX, where it corresponds to commands like mathbf{eta} or oldsymbol{eta} in math mode.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D73C
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Bold Italic Small Eta
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "η" U+03B7 Greek Small Letter Eta

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝜼
HTML Hex Encoding 𝜼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x9C 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDF3C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D73C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udf3c

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 "η" U+03B7 Greek Small Letter Eta
NFKC Simple Casefold "η" U+03B7 Greek Small Letter Eta
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