Σ

Technical information

SymbolΣ
NameGreek capital letter sigma
Unicode numberU+03A3
CategoryGreek capital letter normal
DescriptionThe Unicode character Σ, or U+03A3, is known as the "Greek Capital Letter Sigma". It belongs to the "Greek and Coptic" block and falls under the "Letter, Uppercase" category in the Unicode standard. This character is used in the Greek alphabet, where it represents the 18th letter and has two forms: the uppercase "Σ" and the lowercase "σ" or "ς" at the end of a word. In mathematics and science, the uppercase Sigma is often used to represent the summation symbol. The specific usage and meaning can vary based on the context in which it's used.

Encoding

HTML EntityΣ
HTML Entity (hex)Σ
HTML Entity (named)Σ
URL Escape Code%CE%A3
UTF-8 (hex)0xCE 0xA3
UTF-8 (binary)11001110:10100011
UTF-160x03A3
UTF-320x000003A3

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u03A3"
CSS Code\03A3
JavaScript"\u03A3"
Perl\x{03A3}
Python 2u"\u03A3"
Python 3\u03A3
Ruby\u{03A3}

Preview

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

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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900

HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
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input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#931;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\03A3";
}

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