Ε is the Unicode character GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON, code point U+0395 (decimal 917) in the Greek and Coptic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write Ε, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes CE 95.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0395 |
| Decimal | 917 |
| UTF-8 bytes | CE 95 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0395 |
| UTF-32 | 00000395 |
| HTML decimal | Ε |
| HTML hex | Ε |
| HTML named | Ε |
| CSS | \395 |
| JavaScript | \u0395 |
| JSON | \u0395 |
| Python | \u0395 |
| Python by name | \N{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON} |
| Java, C# | \u0395 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{395} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0395 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %CE%95 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON |
| Code point | U+0395 (decimal 917) |
| Block | Greek and Coptic (U+0370–U+03FF) |
| General category | Lu: Uppercase letter |
| Script | Greek |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Upper and lower case
- ε U+03B5 Greek Small Letter Epsilon — Lowercase
Nearby in Greek and Coptic
- Ό U+038C Greek Capital Letter Omicron With Tonos
- Ύ U+038E Greek Capital Letter Upsilon With Tonos
- Ώ U+038F Greek Capital Letter Omega With Tonos
- ΐ U+0390 Greek Small Letter Iota With Dialytika And Tonos
- Α U+0391 Greek Capital Letter Alpha
- Β U+0392 Greek Capital Letter Beta
- Γ U+0393 Greek Capital Letter Gamma
- Δ U+0394 Greek Capital Letter Delta
- Ζ U+0396 Greek Capital Letter Zeta
- Η U+0397 Greek Capital Letter Eta
- Θ U+0398 Greek Capital Letter Theta
- Ι U+0399 Greek Capital Letter Iota
- Κ U+039A Greek Capital Letter Kappa
- Λ U+039B Greek Capital Letter Lamda
- Μ U+039C Greek Capital Letter Mu
- Ν U+039D Greek Capital Letter Nu
All 135 characters: Greek and Coptic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ε?
- Use the named entity Ε, or Ε (decimal) or Ε (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0395?
- CE 95 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %CE%95.
- How do I write U+0395 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0395. Python: \u0395.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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