U+1D7AB "𝞫" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Small Beta Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𝞫

U+1D7AB "𝞫" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Small Beta is a specialized typographic glyph used primarily in mathematical and scientific notation to represent the Greek letter beta in a sans-serif, bold, and italic style. This character belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was designed to provide distinct letterforms for clear differentiation in complex equations, particularly in fields like physics, engineering, and finance where standard text formatting may be ambiguous. It allows writers and typesetters to combine Greek symbols with other mathematical variables in a consistent, modern sans-serif typeface, ensuring that the beta is visually distinct from similar looking characters like the Latin letter B or the numeral 6.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D7AB
Version Added 3.1
Name Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Small Beta
Block Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Font
Decomposition Mapping "β" U+03B2 Greek Small Letter Beta

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𝞫
HTML Hex Encoding 𝞫
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9D 0x9E 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD835 0xDFAB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001D7AB
C/C++/Java Escape \ud835\udfab

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 "β" U+03B2 Greek Small Letter Beta
NFKC Simple Casefold "β" U+03B2 Greek Small Letter Beta
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