Mathematical Bold Capital Z 𝐙
Visual Description: The glyph appears as a tall, bold capital Z with clean, straight lines. The strokes are thick, giving a compact silhouette on page or screen. In most fonts it sits upright with equal top and bottom bars. It looks strong and confident, ready to represent a symbol in a math layout or UI.
Meaning & Usage: In bold math notation, Z often marks a set or a variable with emphasis. The bold style helps distinguish it from regular text in equations. It appears in formulas, proofs, and calculators where clear visual cues guide quick decisions and comparisons between values and expressions.
Historical Background: The idea of boldface symbols grows from the need to separate ordinary text from mathematical meaning. As typesetting and later digital fonts evolved, designers produced bold variants to keep symbols legible in dense formulas. The general purpose remained the same: mark important symbols in a busy line of notation.
Practical Use: In practical work, the bold Z appears beside variable names and in equations to aid quick UI checks. On calculators and math apps, it can be a selectable symbol for a set or a variable, enabling fast operations or comparisons. Users may toggle bold emphasis to focus on a term during problem solving.
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Look‑alikes: Z (U+5A).
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Confusables
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1D419 - General Category:
Lu - Age:
3.1 - Bidi Class:
L - Decomposition:
<font> 005A - Block:
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9D 90 99 - UTF-16:
D835 DC19 - UTF-32:
0001D419 - HTML dec:
𝐙 - HTML hex:
𝐙 - JS escape:
\u{1D419} - Python \N{}:
\N{MATHEMATICAL BOLD CAPITAL Z} - Python \U:
\U0001D419 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9D%90%99 - CSS escape:
\1D419
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1D419 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 퐙 (hex) or 퐙 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.