U+2118 "℘" Script Capital P Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2118 "℘" Script Capital P is a typographic symbol that represents the Weierstrass elliptic function, a fundamental concept in complex analysis and number theory named after the German mathematician Karl Weierstrass. Despite its name and appearance as a script capital P, it is not intended for use as a standard letter but rather as a mathematical symbol for this specific function. This character is distinct from the uppercase P in other scripts like the mathematical script alphabet and is often used in equations and academic texts discussing elliptic curves, modular forms, and related fields. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that mathematicians and researchers can accurately encode and display this symbol in digital documents across different platforms and systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+2118
Version Added 1.1
Name Script Capital P
Unicode 1.0 Name Script P
Block Letterlike Symbols
General Category Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Alias WEIERSTRASS ELLIPTIC FUNCTION (correction)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ℘
HTML Hex Encoding ℘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x84 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2118
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002118
C/C++/Java Escape \u2118

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
Other ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Math Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other