U+1D74A "𝝊" Mathematical Bold Italic Small Upsilon Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝝊

U+1D74A "𝝊" Mathematical Bold Italic Small Upsilon is a specialized typographic glyph used primarily in mathematical and scientific notation to represent the Greek letter upsilon in a bold italic style, distinguishing it from both standard text and other stylistic variants. This character belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was introduced to provide distinct, unambiguous representations of letters for formulas, equations, and academic writing, particularly in fields like physics, engineering, and computer science where variables and constants require precise formatting. Its design follows the bold italic weight to denote a specific semantic role, such as a vector or a tensor quantity, without relying on external formatting commands.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D74A
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Bold Italic Small Upsilon
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "υ" U+03C5 Greek Small Letter Upsilon

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝝊
HTML Hex Encoding 𝝊
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x9D 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDF4A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D74A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udf4a

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 "υ" U+03C5 Greek Small Letter Upsilon
NFKC Simple Casefold "υ" U+03C5 Greek Small Letter Upsilon
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