U+1D770 "𝝰" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small Alpha Unicode Character

U+1D770 "𝝰" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small Alpha is a typographic glyph from the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a bold, sans-serif style is required for the Greek letter alpha. This character represents the lowercase alpha in a form that is distinct from standard Greek text, allowing it to be used in equations, variable naming, or formal documents to convey specific semantic or stylistic meaning, such as in vector or matrix contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that mathematicians, scientists, and technical writers can consistently display this refined, modernized variant of the letter across different digital platforms and fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D770
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small Alpha
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"α" U+03B1 Greek Small Letter Alpha

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝝰
HTML Hex Encoding	𝝰
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9D 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDF70
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D770
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udf70

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	"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	Lower