Unicode Character "Ω" (U+2126)

The character (Ohm Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2126. It is encoded in the Letterlike Symbols block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as Ω.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Ohm Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+2126
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Letterlike Symbols
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

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

Character Case

Case Uppercase
Lowercase character ω (U+03C9)

Other Unicode Data

Category Uppercase Letter
Script Greek
Combining Class Not Reordered
Decomposition mapping

U+2126 Conversion

HTML (decimal) Ω
HTML (hex) Ω
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%84%A6
CSS \002126
JavaScript, JSON \u2126
C, C++, Java \u2126
Python \u2126
Rust \u{2126}
Ruby \u2126

How to type "Ω"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 1 2 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 1 2 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x84 0xA6
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2126
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002126

References