Mathematical Bold Italic Small P 𝒑
Visual Description: The character is a small p with a bold weight and an italic slant. It looks like a regular lowercase p but thicker and more curved to the right. The strokes are heavier, the bowl is rounded, and the tail trails slightly. It sits in math fonts as a stylized variable.
Meaning & Usage: The bold italic tiny p marks a variable in formulas. It can denote a parameter, a probability, or a function input depending on the field. In bold italic style, it signals emphasis or distinction from plain text. Use it to distinguish vectors or special quantities in equations.
Historical Background: In digital typography, bold italic math variants appeared to separate and emphasize math symbols. They live in specialized fonts and math editors that map to the same letter shapes in regular text. This variant helps keep style consistent when moving from text to formulas and proofs.
Practical Use: In editors and calculators you can insert this glyph with a symbol picker, Unicode entry, or a font that contains math bold italic. It aids in highlighting a variable during a calculation or a step in an equation. Use quick UI controls to insert, copy, or compare symbols in a workspace.
See our category page for related symbols.
Look‑alikes: p (U+70).
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Confusables
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1D491 - General Category:
Ll - Age:
3.1 - Bidi Class:
L - Decomposition:
<font> 0070 - Block:
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9D 92 91 - UTF-16:
D835 DC91 - UTF-32:
0001D491 - HTML dec:
𝒑 - HTML hex:
𝒑 - JS escape:
\u{1D491} - Python \N{}:
\N{MATHEMATICAL BOLD ITALIC SMALL P} - Python \U:
\U0001D491 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9D%92%91 - CSS escape:
\1D491
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+1D491 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 풑 (hex) or 풑 (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.