Δ

Technical information

Symbol	Δ
Name	Greek capital letter delta
Unicode number	U+0394
Category	Greek capital letter normal

Description

The Unicode character Δ, or U+0394, is known as the "Greek Capital Letter Delta". It belongs to the "Greek and Coptic" block. The block includes the Greek alphabet and a set of Coptic letters for writing the Coptic language. This character symbolizes the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet and it's often used in mathematics, physics, and engineering to denote a change in a certain quantity. It is also used in various branches of science. For example, in chemistry, it represents heat in a reaction, and in mathematics, it represents a difference or a change. Moreover, it's widely used in the field of geography where it signifies landform at the mouth of a river, known as a delta, due to its triangular shape resembling the uppercase delta letter.

Encoding

HTML Entity	Δ
HTML Entity (hex)	Δ
HTML Entity (named)	Δ
URL Escape Code	%CE%94
UTF-8 (hex)	0xCE 0x94
UTF-8 (binary)	11001110:10010100
UTF-16	0x0394
UTF-32	0x00000394

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u0394"
CSS Code	\0394
JavaScript	"\u0394"
Perl	\x{0394}
Python 2	u"\u0394"
Python 3	\u0394
Ruby	\u{0394}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this Δ in sentence and in bold like this Δ and in italic like this Δ.

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HTML Forms and Input

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Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#916;</span>

span {
    content: "\0394";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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