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โ„‹ is the cursive capital H and ๐’ฝ the lowercase h. Tap one to copy it.

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The Unicode characters behind cursive H

โ„‹ and โ„Ž take one UTF-16 unit, because they are in the Letterlike Symbols block, below U+10000. The other characters in this table are in the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, above U+FFFF, and take two.

The Unicode characters for cursive H and h
CharacterStyleUnicode nameCode pointUTF-16Copy
โ„‹Cursive script, capitalSCRIPT CAPITAL HU+210B1 unit
๐’ฝCursive script, lowercaseMATHEMATICAL SCRIPT SMALL HU+1D4BD2 units
๐“—Bold cursive, capitalMATHEMATICAL BOLD SCRIPT CAPITAL HU+1D4D72 units
๐“ฑBold cursive, lowercaseMATHEMATICAL BOLD SCRIPT SMALL HU+1D4F12 units
๐ปItalic cursive, capitalMATHEMATICAL ITALIC CAPITAL HU+1D43B2 units
โ„ŽItalic cursive, lowercasePLANCK CONSTANTU+210E1 unit
๐‘ฏBold italic cursive, capitalMATHEMATICAL BOLD ITALIC CAPITAL HU+1D46F2 units
๐’‰Bold italic cursive, lowercaseMATHEMATICAL BOLD ITALIC SMALL HU+1D4892 units
๐™ƒHandwritten slant, capitalMATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD ITALIC CAPITAL HU+1D6432 units
๐™Handwritten slant, lowercaseMATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD ITALIC SMALL HU+1D65D2 units

Where โ„‹ comes from

โ„‹ is U+210B SCRIPT CAPITAL H. It has been in Unicode since version 1.1, in the Letterlike Symbols block. Unicode gives it the alias โ€œHamiltonian operatorโ€.

The Mathematical Script alphabet was added in Unicode 3.1. Its position for capital H, U+1D4A3, is reserved and cross-referenced to โ„‹ instead of holding a character of its own, so the Unicode data sends that position to โ„‹.

Because โ„‹ sits in a different Unicode block from ๐’ข and ๐’ฅ (Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols), a font can design it separately, and how closely they match depends on the font. โ„‹ takes one UTF-16 unit where ๐’ข takes two. The Mathematical Bold Script alphabet has no gap at this letter: ๐“— is U+1D4D7, in sequence with ๐“– and ๐“˜.

Why italic h is โ„Ž, the Planck constant

โ„Ž is U+210E PLANCK CONSTANT. It has been in Unicode since version 1.1, in the Letterlike Symbols block. Unicode gives it the alias โ€œheight, specific enthalpy, ...โ€. Its note reads โ€œsimply a mathematical italic h; this character's name results from legacy usageโ€.

The Mathematical Italic alphabet was added in Unicode 3.1. Its position for small h, U+1D455, is reserved and cross-referenced to โ„Ž instead of holding a character of its own, so the Unicode data sends that position to โ„Ž.

Because โ„Ž sits in a different Unicode block from ๐‘” and ๐‘– (Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols), a font can design it separately, and how closely they match depends on the font. โ„Ž takes one UTF-16 unit where ๐‘” takes two. The Mathematical Bold Italic alphabet has no gap at this letter: ๐’‰ is U+1D489, in sequence with ๐’ˆ and ๐’Š.

Characters that resemble a cursive H or h but are not

Why a look-alike is not a harmless swap

โ„Œ is black-letter (the gothic style, not cursive) and sits in the Letterlike Symbols block, where the borrowed script capitals also are.

Characters that resemble a cursive H or h
CharacterUnicode nameUnicode aliases and notesCode pointUTF-16Copy
โ„PLANCK CONSTANT OVER TWO PIalias: โ€œreduced Planck constant, Dirac constantโ€U+210F1 unit
โ„ŒBLACK-LETTER CAPITAL Halias: โ€œHilbert spaceโ€U+210C1 unit