Unicode Character "Ζ" (U+0396)

The character Ζ (GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0396. It is encoded in the Greek and Coptic block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as Ζ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA
Unicode Codepoint U+0396
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Greek and Coptic
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Character Case

Case Uppercase
Lowercase character ζ (U+03B6)

Other Unicode Data

Category Uppercase Letter
Script Greek
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0396 Conversion

HTML (decimal) Ζ
HTML (hex) Ζ
HTML (named) Ζ
URL Escape Code %CE%96
CSS \0396
JavaScript \u{0396}
JSON \u0396
C, C++ \U00000396
Java \u0396
Python \U00000396
Rust \u{0396}
Ruby \u{0396}

How to type "Ζ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 3 9 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 3 9 6. Release Alt.

Preview

  • Ζ
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • Ζ
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • Ζ
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xCE 0x96
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0396
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000396

Characters based on "Ζ" (U+0396)

References