Greek Characters | HTML Entity & Character Reference

Entities Greek Characters

Greek characters include uppercase and lowercase letters from the Greek alphabet. Many Greek letters have named HTML character references and are frequently used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other technical content.

Greek characters can be entered directly into a UTF-8 HTML document or represented using named, decimal, or hexadecimal character references.

Uppercase Greek Characters

The following table lists uppercase Greek letters that have named HTML character references.

Character	Named	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
Α	`Α`	`Α`	`Α`	Capital Alpha
Β	`Β`	`Β`	`Β`	Capital Beta
Γ	`Γ`	`Γ`	`Γ`	Capital Gamma
Δ	`Δ`	`Δ`	`Δ`	Capital Delta
Ε	`Ε`	`Ε`	`Ε`	Capital Epsilon
Ζ	`Ζ`	`Ζ`	`Ζ`	Capital Zeta
Η	`Η`	`Η`	`Η`	Capital Eta
Θ	`Θ`	`Θ`	`Θ`	Capital Theta
Ι	`Ι`	`Ι`	`Ι`	Capital Iota
Κ	`Κ`	`Κ`	`Κ`	Capital Kappa
Λ	`Λ`	`Λ`	`Λ`	Capital Lambda
Μ	`Μ`	`Μ`	`Μ`	Capital Mu
Ν	`Ν`	`Ν`	`Ν`	Capital Nu
Ξ	`Ξ`	`Ξ`	`Ξ`	Capital Xi
Ο	`Ο`	`Ο`	`Ο`	Capital Omicron
Π	`Π`	`Π`	`Π`	Capital Pi
Ρ	`Ρ`	`Ρ`	`Ρ`	Capital Rho
Σ	`Σ`	`Σ`	`Σ`	Capital Sigma
Τ	`Τ`	`Τ`	`Τ`	Capital Tau
Υ	`Υ`	`Υ`	`Υ`	Capital Upsilon
Φ	`Φ`	`Φ`	`Φ`	Capital Phi
Χ	`Χ`	`Χ`	`Χ`	Capital Chi
Ψ	`Ψ`	`Ψ`	`Ψ`	Capital Psi
Ω	`Ω`	`Ω`	`Ω`	Capital Omega

Lowercase Greek Characters

The following table lists lowercase Greek letters and their named and numeric HTML character references.

Character	Named	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
α	`α`	`α`	`α`	Small alpha
β	`β`	`β`	`β`	Small beta
γ	`γ`	`γ`	`γ`	Small gamma
δ	`δ`	`δ`	`δ`	Small delta
ε	`ε`	`ε`	`ε`	Small epsilon
ζ	`ζ`	`ζ`	`ζ`	Small zeta
η	`η`	`η`	`η`	Small eta
θ	`θ`	`θ`	`θ`	Small theta
ι	`ι`	`ι`	`ι`	Small iota
κ	`κ`	`κ`	`κ`	Small kappa
λ	`λ`	`λ`	`λ`	Small lambda
μ	`μ`	`μ`	`μ`	Small mu
ν	`ν`	`ν`	`ν`	Small nu
ξ	`ξ`	`ξ`	`ξ`	Small xi
ο	`ο`	`ο`	`ο`	Small omicron
π	`π`	`π`	`π`	Small pi
ρ	`ρ`	`ρ`	`ρ`	Small rho
ς	`&sigmaf;`	`ς`	`ς`	Small final sigma
σ	`σ`	`σ`	`σ`	Small sigma
τ	`τ`	`τ`	`τ`	Small tau
υ	`υ`	`υ`	`υ`	Small upsilon
φ	`φ`	`φ`	`φ`	Small phi
χ	`χ`	`χ`	`χ`	Small chi
ψ	`ψ`	`ψ`	`ψ`	Small psi
ω	`ω`	`ω`	`ω`	Small omega

Greek Symbol Variants

HTML also provides named character references for several Greek letter variants commonly used as mathematical and scientific symbols.

Character	Named	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
ϑ	`&thetasym;`	`ϑ`	`ϑ`	Theta symbol
ϒ	`&upsih;`	`ϒ`	`ϒ`	Upsilon with hook symbol
ϖ	`ϖ`	`ϖ`	`ϖ`	Pi symbol

Using Greek Characters in HTML

Greek letters can be entered directly into a UTF-8 document or written using HTML character references. Named references can be especially useful when the character has a familiar name, such as α, Δ, or Ω.

<p>Alpha: &alpha;</p>
<p>Delta: &Delta;</p>
<p>Pi: &pi;</p>
<p>Omega: &Omega;</p>

Browser Result

Alpha: α

Delta: Δ

Pi: π

Omega: Ω