U+1D78E "𝞎" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Rho Symbol Unicode Character

U+1D78E "𝞎" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Rho Symbol is a specialized typographic glyph belonging to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, designed for use in scientific and mathematical notation where a bold, sans-serif variant of the Greek letter rho is required. It is often employed in fields such as physics and engineering to represent density, resistivity, or other quantities that necessitate a distinct visual style separate from standard Greek letters or italic forms. This character ensures consistent formatting in digital documents, particularly when a sans-serif font family is used, and it complements other mathematical symbols in the Unicode standard for precise technical communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D78E
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Rho Symbol
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"ϱ" U+03F1 Greek Rho Symbol

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝞎
HTML Hex Encoding	𝞎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9E 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDF8E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D78E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udf8e

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	"ρ" U+03C1 Greek Small Letter Rho
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ρ" U+03C1 Greek Small Letter Rho
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