U+1D7B4 "𝞴" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Small Lamda Unicode Character

U+1D7B4 "𝞴" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Small Lamda is a typographic variant of the Greek letter lambda, designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation. It belongs to the Unicode block "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols," which provides distinct styles for Latin and Greek letters to allow authors to denote different variables, constants, or semantic meanings within equations. This specific character combines a sans-serif typeface with bold and italic formatting, offering a visually distinct alternative to the standard Greek lambda, particularly useful in fields like physics, engineering, or computer science where clarity of notation is essential for distinguishing between related quantities or symbols.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D7B4
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Small Lamda
Block	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"λ" U+03BB Greek Small Letter Lamda

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝞴
HTML Hex Encoding	𝞴
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9E 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDFB4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D7B4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udfb4

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	"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	Lower