Ϛ is the Unicode character GREEK LETTER STIGMA, code point U+03DA (decimal 986) in the Greek and Coptic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write Ϛ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes CF 9A.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+03DA |
| Decimal | 986 |
| UTF-8 bytes | CF 9A |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 03DA |
| UTF-32 | 000003DA |
| HTML decimal | Ϛ |
| HTML hex | Ϛ |
| CSS | \3DA |
| JavaScript | \u03DA |
| JSON | \u03DA |
| Python | \u03DA |
| Python by name | \N{GREEK LETTER STIGMA} |
| Java, C# | \u03DA |
| Rust, Swift | \u{3DA} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u03DA |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %CF%9A |
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 LETTER STIGMA |
| Code point | U+03DA (decimal 986) |
| 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
- ϛ U+03DB Greek Small Letter Stigma — Lowercase
Nearby in Greek and Coptic
- ϒ U+03D2 Greek Upsilon With Hook Symbol
- ϓ U+03D3 Greek Upsilon With Acute And Hook Symbol
- ϔ U+03D4 Greek Upsilon With Diaeresis And Hook Symbol
- ϕ U+03D5 Greek Phi Symbol
- ϖ U+03D6 Greek Pi Symbol
- ϗ U+03D7 Greek Kai Symbol
- Ϙ U+03D8 Greek Letter Archaic Koppa
- ϙ U+03D9 Greek Small Letter Archaic Koppa
- ϛ U+03DB Greek Small Letter Stigma
- Ϝ U+03DC Greek Letter Digamma
- ϝ U+03DD Greek Small Letter Digamma
- Ϟ U+03DE Greek Letter Koppa
- ϟ U+03DF Greek Small Letter Koppa
- Ϡ U+03E0 Greek Letter Sampi
- ϡ U+03E1 Greek Small Letter Sampi
- Ϣ U+03E2 Coptic Capital Letter Shei
All 135 characters: Greek and Coptic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ϛ?
- Use Ϛ (decimal) or Ϛ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+03DA?
- CF 9A (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %CF%9A.
- How do I write U+03DA in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u03DA. Python: \u03DA.
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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