U+1D756 "𝝖" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Capital Alpha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝝖
U+1D756 "𝝖" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Capital Alpha is a variant of the Greek capital letter alpha, designed in a sans-serif, bold typeface for use in mathematical and scientific notation. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which provides distinct glyphs to avoid confusion between letters used as variables or constants and ordinary text characters. This particular alpha is often employed in fields like physics, engineering, and higher mathematics to represent specific angles, coefficients, or variables within expressions that require a clear, non-italic, and bold appearance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D756 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Capital Alpha |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "Α" U+0391 Greek Capital Letter Alpha |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝝖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝝖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x9D 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDF56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D756 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\udf56 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | 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 | Upper |