What 𝓖 means
It marks a separate mathematical symbol; the formula assigns its role.
This is a handwriting-like form of Latin capital G. In a formula, surrounding notation tells you which object it names.
Styled letters already appeared in mathematical and scientific print. A 1999 Unicode proposal asked for separate characters so plain text could preserve styles that carry mathematical meaning; Unicode added the set in 2001. NFKC text cleanup can reduce 𝓖 to plain G.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𝓖 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 𝓖
- Search it as
- mathbfscrg · mbfscrg · script g · cursive g · fancy g · unicode g
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
𝓖CSS
\1D4D6LaTeX (unicode-math package)
To type 𝓖 in LaTeX, load
unicode-math and enter \mbfscrG.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𝓖
HTML hex
𝓖
CSS content
content: "\1D4D6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9D%93%96
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On screen
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Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.