What 𝛖 means
It is upsilon in a bold mathematical alphabet.
Formulas may use 𝛖 separately from plain υ; notation defines each variable.
Greek upsilon descends from Phoenician waw, a consonant sign Greek writers adapted as a vowel.
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𝛖 turn into υ?
NFKC normalization does: it maps mathematical bold letters to their plain Greek base. Text processing that applies it removes the style distinction.
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How to type or find 𝛖
- Search it as
- bold upsilon · bold Greek letter · math upsilon
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
𝛖CSS
\1D6D6LaTeX
For bold upsilon in LaTeX math mode, load amsmath and write
\boldsymbol{\upsilon}.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𝛖
HTML hex
𝛖
CSS content
content: "\1D6D6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9D%9B%96
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.