U+2130 "ℰ" Script Capital E Unicode Character

U+2130 "ℰ" Script Capital E is a typographic symbol representing a cursive or handwritten uppercase 'E,' often used in mathematical and scientific notation to denote electric field strength, electromotive force, or as a generic symbol for energy in physics and engineering contexts. It belongs to the Letterlike Symbols block of Unicode, designed to distinguish script-style letters from standard Latin uppercase characters, and it maintains a distinct calligraphic appearance to avoid confusion with the letter 'E' in equations. This character is also utilized in formal mathematical expressions and in some European orthographic traditions for decorative or specialized textual purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2130
Version Added	1.1
Name	Script Capital E
Unicode 1.0 Name	Script E
Block	Letterlike Symbols
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Font
Decomposition Mapping	"E" U+0045 Latin Capital Letter E

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ℰ
HTML Hex Encoding	ℰ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x84 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2130
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002130
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2130

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Uppercase	Yes
Cased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"e" U+0065 Latin Small Letter E
NFKC Simple Casefold	"e" U+0065 Latin Small Letter E
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	Upper