What 𝓅 means
Its script style marks a distinct mathematical letter.
Here, “script” means a calligraphic, flowing style for the Latin lowercase p. In a formula, the styled letter can name a different variable from plain p or another styled p; the surrounding definition tells you what the author means.
This character belongs to a mathematical alphabet, not to a fixed quantity. In 1999, the STIX project, a group of scientific and technical publishers, proposed encoding mathematical alphabets already used in research publications so their distinctions would survive plain-text exchange. In Word for Windows, type 1D4C5, then press AltX.
Mathematical or technical notation; letter style can distinguish one variable from another.
is the Weierstrass function symbol; 𝓅 is a lowercase script p.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Worth knowing
- Mathematical fonts can draw the script alphabet differently; the Unicode chart shows an example, not one required design.
Questions people ask
1Why did 𝓅 turn into p?
Compatibility normalization can do that. NFKC and NFKD map mathematical alphanumeric letters to their base letters, so this character can become plain p. Avoid those forms when the mathematical style distinction matters.
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How to type or find 𝓅
- Also called
- script p · calligraphic p
- Search it as
- curly p · cursive p · fancy p · mathscr p
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𝓅\1D4C5Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.