Λ

Technical information

SymbolΛ
NameGreek capital letter lamda
Unicode numberU+039B
CategoryGreek capital letter normal
DescriptionThe Unicode character Λ, or U+039B, is known as the "Greek Capital Letter Lamda". It belongs to the "Greek and Coptic" block and falls under the "Letter, Uppercase" category in the Unicode standard. This character is the uppercase version of the Greek letter lamda (or lambda). In mathematics and physics, lambda often has various uses such as representing the wavelength of waves. It is also the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML EntityΛ
HTML Entity (hex)Λ
HTML Entity (named)Λ
URL Escape Code%CE%9B
UTF-8 (hex)0xCE 0x9B
UTF-8 (binary)11001110:10011011
UTF-160x039B
UTF-320x0000039B

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u039B"
CSS Code\039B
JavaScript"\u039B"
Perl\x{039B}
Python 2u"\u039B"
Python 3\u039B
Ruby\u{039B}

Preview

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

Font size:

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12px
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16px
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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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100
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400
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900

HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
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input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#923;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\039B";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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-apple-system
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana

References