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Greek letters and other symbols

 

Decimal Character Example Explanation
ƒ ƒ ƒ latin small f with hook = function = florin
Α Α Α greek capital letter alpha
Β Β Β greek capital letter beta
Γ Γ Γ greek capital letter gamma
Δ Δ Δ greek capital letter delta
Ε Ε Ε greek capital letter epsilon
Ζ Ζ Ζ greek capital letter zeta
Η Η Η greek capital letter eta
Θ Θ Θ greek capital letter theta
Ι Ι Ι greek capital letter iota
Κ Κ Κ greek capital letter kappa
Λ Λ Λ greek capital letter lambda
Μ Μ Μ greek capital letter mu
Ν Ν Ν greek capital letter nu
Ξ Ξ Ξ greek capital letter xi
Ο Ο Ο greek capital letter omicron
Π Π Π greek capital letter pi
Ρ Ρ Ρ greek capital letter rho
Σ Σ Σ greek capital letter sigma
Τ Τ Τ greek capital letter tau
Υ Υ Υ greek capital letter upsilon
Φ Φ Φ greek capital letter phi
Χ Χ Χ greek capital letter chi
Ψ Ψ Ψ greek capital letter psi
Ω Ω Ω greek capital letter omega
α α α greek small letter alpha
β β β greek small letter beta
γ γ γ greek small letter gamma
δ δ δ greek small letter delta
ε ε ε greek small letter epsilon
ζ ζ ζ greek small letter zeta
η η η greek small letter eta
θ θ θ greek small letter theta
ι ι ι greek small letter iota
κ κ κ greek small letter kappa
λ λ λ greek small letter lambda
μ μ μ greek small letter mu
ν ν ν greek small letter nu
ξ ξ ξ greek small letter xi
ο ο ο greek small letter omicron
π π π greek small letter pi
ρ ρ ρ greek small letter rho
ς ς ς greek small letter final sigma
σ σ σ greek small letter sigma
τ τ τ greek small letter tau
υ υ υ greek small letter upsilon
φ φ φ greek small letter phi
χ χ χ greek small letter chi
ψ ψ ψ greek small letter psi
ω ω ω greek small letter omega
ϑ ϑ ϑ greek small letter theta symbol
ϒ ϒ ϒ greek upsilon with hook symbol
ϖ ϖ ϖ greek pi symbol
• • • bullet = black small circle
… … … horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader
′ ′ ′ prime = minutes = feet
″ ″ ″ double prime = seconds = inches
‾ ‾ ‾ overline = spacing overscore
⁄ ⁄ ⁄ fraction slash
℘ ℘ ℘ script capital P = power set = Weierstrass p
ℑ ℑ ℑ blackletter capital I = imaginary part
ℜ ℜ ℜ blackletter capital R = real part symbol
™ ™ ™ trade mark sign
ℵ ℵ ℵ alef symbol = first transfinite cardinal
← ← ← leftwards arrow
↑ ↑ ↑ upwards arrow
→ → → rightwards arrow
↓ ↓ ↓ downwards arrow
↔ ↔ ↔ left right arrow
↵ ↵ ↵ downwards arrow with corner leftwards = carriage return
⇐ ⇐ ⇐ leftwards double arrow
⇑ ⇑ ⇑ upwards double arrow
⇒ ⇒ ⇒ rightwards double arrow
⇓ ⇓ ⇓ downwards double arrow
⇔ ⇔ ⇔ left right double arrow
∀ ∀ ∀ for all
∂ ∂ ∂ partial differential
∃ ∃ ∃ there exists
∅ ∅ ∅ empty set = null set = diameter
∇ ∇ ∇ nabla = backward difference
∈ ∈ ∈ element of
∉ ∉ ∉ not an element of
∋ ∋ ∋ contains as member
∏ ∏ ∏ n-ary product = product sign
∑ ∑ ∑ n-ary sumation
− − − minus sign
∗ ∗ ∗ asterisk operator
√ √ √ square root = radical sign
∝ ∝ ∝ proportional to
∞ ∞ ∞ infinity
∠ ∠ ∠ angle
∧ ∧ ∧ logical and = wedge
∨ ∨ ∨ logical or = vee
∩ ∩ ∩ intersection = cap
∪ ∪ ∪ union = cup
∫ ∫ ∫ integral
∴ ∴ ∴ therefore
∼ ∼ ∼ tilde operator = varies with = similar to
≅ ≅ ≅ approximately equal to
≈ ≈ ≈ almost equal to = asymptotic to
≠ ≠ ≠ not equal to
≡ ≡ ≡ identical to
≤ ≤ ≤ less-than or equal to
≥ ≥ ≥ greater-than or equal to
⊂ ⊂ ⊂ subset of
⊃ ⊃ ⊃ superset of
⊄ ⊄ ⊄ not a subset of
⊆ ⊆ ⊆ subset of or equal to
⊇ ⊇ ⊇ superset of or equal to
⊕ ⊕ ⊕ circled plus = direct sum
⊗ ⊗ ⊗ circled times = vector product
⊥ ⊥ ⊥ up tack = orthogonal to = perpendicular
⋅ ⋅ ⋅ dot operator
⌈ ⌈ ⌈ left ceiling = apl upstile
⌉ ⌉ ⌉ right ceiling
⌊ ⌊ ⌊ left floor = apl downstile
⌋ ⌋ ⌋ right floor
〈 ⟨ 〈 left-pointing angle bracket = bra
〉 ⟩ 〉 right-pointing angle bracket = ket
◊ ◊ ◊ lozenge
♠ ♠ ♠ black spade suit
♣ ♣ ♣ black club suit = shamrock
♥ ♥ ♥ black heart suit = valentine
♦ ♦ ♦ black diamond suit

 

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