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Technical information

Symbol	α
Name	Greek small letter alpha
Unicode number	U+03B1
Category	Greek small letter normal

Description

The Unicode character α, or U+03B1, is known as the "Greek Small Letter Alpha". It falls under the "Greek and Coptic" block and belongs to the "Lowercase Letter" category in the Unicode standard. This character is derived from the Phoenician alphabet and forms the basis of the Greek alphabet, representing the vowel /a/. In mathematics and physics, the Greek letter alpha is often used to represent various constants and variables. For instance, in physics, it is often used to represent angles or coefficients of thermal expansion. Additionally, it's used in the naming of stars within constellations, with the brightest star typically denoted by Alpha.

Encoding

HTML Entity	α
HTML Entity (hex)	α
HTML Entity (named)	α
URL Escape Code	%CE%B1
UTF-8 (hex)	0xCE 0xB1
UTF-8 (binary)	11001110:10110001
UTF-16	0x03B1
UTF-32	0x000003B1

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u03B1"
CSS Code	\03B1
JavaScript	"\u03B1"
Perl	\x{03B1}
Python 2	u"\u03B1"
Python 3	\u03B1
Ruby	\u{03B1}

Preview

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

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input

disabled input

input-group

select

button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#945;</span>

span {
    content: "\03B1";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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