Unicode Character "α" (U+03B1)
The character α (Greek Small Letter Alpha) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+03B1. 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 α.
Main Unicode Properties
| Name | Greek Small Letter Alpha |
|---|---|
| Unicode Codepoint | U+03B1 |
| 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 | Lowercase |
|---|---|
| Uppercase character | Α (U+0391) |
Other Unicode Data
| Category | Lowercase Letter |
|---|---|
| Script | Greek |
| Combining Class | Not Reordered |
U+03B1 Conversion
| HTML (decimal) | α |
|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | α |
| HTML (named) | α |
| URL Escape Code | %CE%B1 |
| CSS | \0003B1 |
| JavaScript, JSON | \u03B1 |
| C, C++, Java | \u03B1 |
| Python | \u03B1 |
| Rust | \u{03B1} |
| Ruby | \u03B1 |
How to type "α"
Preview
- α Times, Times New Roman, serif
- α Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
- α Courier, Courier New, monospace
UTF Encodings
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xCE 0xB1 |
|---|---|
| UTF-16 (hex) | 0x03B1 |
| UTF-32 (hex) | 0x000003B1 |
Characters based on "α" (U+03B1)
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ά U+03AC
Greek Small Letter Alpha With Tonos
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ἀ U+1F00
Greek Small Letter Alpha With Psili
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ἁ U+1F01
Greek Small Letter Alpha With Dasia
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ὰ U+1F70
Greek Small Letter Alpha With Varia
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ᾰ U+1FB0
Greek Small Letter Alpha With Vrachy
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ᾱ U+1FB1
Greek Small Letter Alpha With Macron
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ᾳ U+1FB3
Greek Small Letter Alpha With Ypogegrammeni
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ᾶ U+1FB6
Greek Small Letter Alpha With Perispomeni
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𝛂 U+1D6C2
Mathematical Bold Small Alpha
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𝛼 U+1D6FC
Mathematical Italic Small Alpha
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𝜶 U+1D736
Mathematical Bold Italic Small Alpha
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𝝰 U+1D770
Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Small Alpha
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𝞪 U+1D7AA
Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Small Alpha