Mathematical Bold Fraktur Capital V 𝖁
Visual Description: It is a bold Fraktur capital V. The glyph uses thick, angular strokes with decorative curves, giving a handwritten blackletter look. It stands out from a plain V and reads as a stylized marker in math text.
Meaning & Usage: It marks a variable or a distinguished mathematical object. In formulas it can stand for a value or an element whose identity is open. The Fraktur style helps separate this symbol from other letters in dense equations. Software and typesetting often reserve such variants for emphasis.
Historical Background: The bold Fraktur variant comes from a family of stylized letters used to distinguish objects in mathematical notation. In digital math work, Unicode provides a block of alphanumeric symbols to support these styles. Modern textbooks and editors use the styling to create clear distinctions without changing the underlying meaning.
Practical Use: In formulas and on calculators you may see this V used to denote a special space or variable. Editors offer quick UI controls to insert or toggle Fraktur styles, and calculators may color or font-switch to emphasize such objects during comparisons or operations.
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Look‑alikes: V (U+56).
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Confusables
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1D581 - General Category:
Lu - Age:
3.1 - Bidi Class:
L - Decomposition:
<font> 0056 - Block:
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9D 96 81 - UTF-16:
D835 DD81 - UTF-32:
0001D581 - HTML dec:
𝖁 - HTML hex:
𝖁 - JS escape:
\u{1D581} - Python \N{}:
\N{MATHEMATICAL BOLD FRAKTUR CAPITAL V} - Python \U:
\U0001D581 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9D%96%81 - CSS escape:
\1D581
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+1D581 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 햁 (hex) or 햁 (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.