Ψ is the Unicode character GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI, code point U+03A8 (decimal 936) in the Greek and Coptic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write Ψ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes CE A8.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+03A8 |
| Decimal | 936 |
| UTF-8 bytes | CE A8 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 03A8 |
| UTF-32 | 000003A8 |
| HTML decimal | Ψ |
| HTML hex | Ψ |
| HTML named | Ψ |
| CSS | \3A8 |
| JavaScript | \u03A8 |
| JSON | \u03A8 |
| Python | \u03A8 |
| Python by name | \N{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI} |
| Java, C# | \u03A8 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{3A8} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u03A8 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %CE%A8 |
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 PSI |
| Code point | U+03A8 (decimal 936) |
| 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
- ψ U+03C8 Greek Small Letter Psi — Lowercase
Nearby in Greek and Coptic
- Ο U+039F Greek Capital Letter Omicron
- Π U+03A0 Greek Capital Letter Pi
- Ρ U+03A1 Greek Capital Letter Rho
- Σ U+03A3 Greek Capital Letter Sigma
- Τ U+03A4 Greek Capital Letter Tau
- Υ U+03A5 Greek Capital Letter Upsilon
- Φ U+03A6 Greek Capital Letter Phi
- Χ U+03A7 Greek Capital Letter Chi
- Ω U+03A9 Greek Capital Letter Omega
- Ϊ U+03AA Greek Capital Letter Iota With Dialytika
- Ϋ U+03AB Greek Capital Letter Upsilon With Dialytika
- ά U+03AC Greek Small Letter Alpha With Tonos
- έ U+03AD Greek Small Letter Epsilon With Tonos
- ή U+03AE Greek Small Letter Eta With Tonos
- ί U+03AF Greek Small Letter Iota With Tonos
- ΰ U+03B0 Greek Small Letter Upsilon With Dialytika And Tonos
All 135 characters: Greek and Coptic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ψ?
- Use the named entity Ψ, or Ψ (decimal) or Ψ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+03A8?
- CE A8 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %CE%A8.
- How do I write U+03A8 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u03A8. Python: \u03A8.
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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