U+1D785 "𝞅" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small Phi Unicode Character

U+1D785 "𝞅" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small Phi is a typographic variant of the Greek letter phi, specifically designed in a sans-serif bold typeface for use in mathematical and scientific notation. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was created to provide distinct, unambiguous characters for mathematical expressions where style conveys specific meaning, such as representing a vector, a variable in a tensor, or a special function. This character ensures that the phi symbol appears as a bold, modern, and non-serif glyph, avoiding confusion with italic or serif forms commonly used for other purposes in text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D785
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small Phi
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"φ" U+03C6 Greek Small Letter Phi

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝞅
HTML Hex Encoding	𝞅
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9E 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDF85
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D785
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udf85

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	"φ" U+03C6 Greek Small Letter Phi
NFKC Simple Casefold	"φ" U+03C6 Greek Small Letter Phi
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