U+1D760 "𝝠" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Capital Lamda Unicode Character

U+1D760 "𝝠" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Capital Lamda is a typographic variant of the Greek letter lambda, designed in a sans-serif bold style for use in mathematical and scientific notation. It is part of the "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" block, which was introduced to provide clear, unambiguous representation of letters from various alphabets when they carry specific stylistic meanings in formulas, such as denoting a vector, a matrix, or a specialized constant in fields like physics or engineering. This character allows authors and typesetting systems to distinguish between ordinary Greek letters and their bold, sans-serif mathematical counterparts, thereby preventing confusion in complex equations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D760
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Capital Lamda
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"Λ" U+039B Greek Capital Letter Lamda

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝝠
HTML Hex Encoding	𝝠
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9D 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDF60
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D760
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udf60

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	"λ" U+03BB Greek Small Letter Lamda
NFKC Simple Casefold	"λ" U+03BB Greek Small Letter Lamda
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