ϡ is the Unicode character GREEK SMALL LETTER SAMPI, code point U+03E1 (decimal 993) in the Greek and Coptic block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ϡ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes CF A1.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+03E1 |
| Decimal | 993 |
| UTF-8 bytes | CF A1 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 03E1 |
| UTF-32 | 000003E1 |
| HTML decimal | ϡ |
| HTML hex | ϡ |
| CSS | \3E1 |
| JavaScript | \u03E1 |
| JSON | \u03E1 |
| Python | \u03E1 |
| Python by name | \N{GREEK SMALL LETTER SAMPI} |
| Java, C# | \u03E1 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{3E1} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u03E1 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %CF%A1 |
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 SMALL LETTER SAMPI |
| Code point | U+03E1 (decimal 993) |
| Block | Greek and Coptic (U+0370–U+03FF) |
| General category | Ll: Lowercase letter |
| Script | Greek |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.0 |
Upper and lower case
- Ϡ U+03E0 Greek Letter Sampi — Uppercase
Nearby in Greek and Coptic
- ϙ U+03D9 Greek Small Letter Archaic Koppa
- Ϛ U+03DA Greek Letter Stigma
- 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
- Ϣ U+03E2 Coptic Capital Letter Shei
- ϣ U+03E3 Coptic Small Letter Shei
- Ϥ U+03E4 Coptic Capital Letter Fei
- ϥ U+03E5 Coptic Small Letter Fei
- Ϧ U+03E6 Coptic Capital Letter Khei
- ϧ U+03E7 Coptic Small Letter Khei
- Ϩ U+03E8 Coptic Capital Letter Hori
- ϩ U+03E9 Coptic Small Letter Hori
All 135 characters: Greek and Coptic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ϡ?
- Use ϡ (decimal) or ϡ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+03E1?
- CF A1 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %CF%A1.
- How do I write U+03E1 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u03E1. Python: \u03E1.
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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