Unicode Character "υ" (U+03C5)

The character υ (GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+03C5. 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 υ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON
Unicode Codepoint U+03C5
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 Υ (U+03A5)

Other Unicode Data

Category Lowercase Letter
Script Greek
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+03C5 Conversion

HTML (decimal) υ
HTML (hex) υ
HTML (named) υ
URL Escape Code %CF%85
CSS \03C5
JavaScript \u{03C5}
JSON \u03C5
C, C++ \U000003C5
Java \u03C5
Python \U000003C5
Rust \u{03C5}
Ruby \u{03C5}

How to type "υ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 3 C 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 3 C 5. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xCF 0x85
UTF-16 (hex) 0x03C5
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000003C5

Characters based on "υ" (U+03C5)

References