U+1D7BA "𝞺" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Small Rho Unicode Character

U+1D7BA "𝞺" Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Small Rho is a typographic variant of the Greek letter rho, designed for use in mathematical and scientific notation where a distinct, modern style is required. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block and combines a sans-serif typeface with bold weight and italic slant, differentiating it from standard Greek letters used in plain text. This specific design helps authors and editors avoid ambiguity when representing variables in formulas, particularly in fields like physics, engineering, and statistics, where the same symbol might otherwise be misinterpreted.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D7BA
Version Added	3.1
Name	Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Small Rho
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+03C1 Greek Small Letter Rho

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𝞺
HTML Hex Encoding	𝞺
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9D 0x9E 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD835 0xDFBA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001D7BA
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud835\udfba

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