U+1D718 "𝜘" Mathematical Italic Kappa Symbol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1D718 "𝜘" Mathematical Italic Kappa Symbol is a typographic variant of the Greek letter kappa (κ), styled in an italic typeface and intended for use in mathematical and scientific notation. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was designed to distinguish letters used as variables or constants from regular text, preventing confusion with standard alphabetic characters. This specific glyph represents the italic form of the lowercase kappa and is commonly employed in fields such as physics and algebra to denote parameters, coefficients, or specific constants within formulas and equations.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1D718
Name
Mathematical Italic Kappa Symbol
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𝜘
HTML Hex Encoding
𝜘
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9D 0x9C 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD835 0xDF18
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001D718
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud835\udf18
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Common