Ϫ is the Unicode character COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER GANGIA, code point U+03EA (decimal 1002) in the Greek and Coptic block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write Ϫ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes CF AA.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+03EA |
| Decimal | 1002 |
| UTF-8 bytes | CF AA |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 03EA |
| UTF-32 | 000003EA |
| HTML decimal | Ϫ |
| HTML hex | Ϫ |
| CSS | \3EA |
| JavaScript | \u03EA |
| JSON | \u03EA |
| Python | \u03EA |
| Python by name | \N{COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER GANGIA} |
| Java, C# | \u03EA |
| Rust, Swift | \u{3EA} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u03EA |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %CF%AA |
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 | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER GANGIA |
| Code point | U+03EA (decimal 1002) |
| Block | Greek and Coptic (U+0370–U+03FF) |
| General category | Lu: Uppercase letter |
| Script | Coptic |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Upper and lower case
- ϫ U+03EB Coptic Small Letter Gangia — Lowercase
Nearby in Greek and Coptic
- 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
- ϫ U+03EB Coptic Small Letter Gangia
- Ϭ U+03EC Coptic Capital Letter Shima
- ϭ U+03ED Coptic Small Letter Shima
- Ϯ U+03EE Coptic Capital Letter Dei
- ϯ U+03EF Coptic Small Letter Dei
- ϰ U+03F0 Greek Kappa Symbol
- ϱ U+03F1 Greek Rho Symbol
- ϲ U+03F2 Greek Lunate Sigma Symbol
All 135 characters: Greek and Coptic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ϫ?
- Use Ϫ (decimal) or Ϫ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+03EA?
- CF AA (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %CF%AA.
- How do I write U+03EA in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u03EA. Python: \u03EA.
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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