What 𝜸 means
For bold italic gamma in HTML, enter 𝜸.
This hexadecimal numeric character reference resolves to the character in HTML.
What does bold italic gamma mean in math?
It is gamma in a bold italic mathematical alphabet. Its style can distinguish this variable from plain γ in the same formula, but it does not assign a fixed quantity: the writer’s definition does.
Unicode’s mathematical style alphabets were proposed in December 1998, extending a smaller set of letterlike math symbols. The proposal treated a letter’s style as meaningful in a formula, so plain text could preserve distinctions that typography otherwise carries.
Why does 𝜸 turn into γ?
NFKC and NFKD turn it into plain gamma.
These compatibility-normalization forms map mathematical alphanumeric characters to ordinary Greek or Latin letters, removing the encoded style. NFC and NFD preserve this character’s mathematical style.
Mathematical and technical; its weight and slant can carry meaning inside a formula.
Bold italic identifies a style, not a universal value for gamma.
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𝜸 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𝜸
- Search it as
- bold gamma · bold italic gamma · math gamma · gamma symbol · gamma HTML
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𝜸\1D738𝜸, the hexadecimal numeric character reference for this character.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.