What 𝓋 means
It belongs to a mathematical alphabet. Mathematical notation styles letters to distinguish symbols. Unicode extended a smaller group of script and other letter-shaped symbols from older character sets into fuller alphabets.
Unicode 18.0's chart uses roundhand (open, rounded script); Cambria Math and STIX Two Math default to chancery (tighter calligraphy). Unicode defines no selector for another lowercase script form.
Its script form marks a mathematical distinction.
NFKC can reduce it to plain v.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Can NFKC turn it into plain v?
Yes. NFKC is a text-normalization process that folds compatibility forms together; it can turn 𝓋 into plain v and erase the script distinction.
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How to type or find 𝓋
- Search it as
- script v · curly v · calligraphic v
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𝓋CSS
\1D4CBCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𝓋
HTML hex
𝓋
CSS content
content: "\1D4CB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9D%93%8B
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On screen
1
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.