U+03C2 "ς" Greek Small Letter Final Sigma Unicode Character

U+03C2 "ς" Greek Small Letter Final Sigma is the distinct form of the Greek letter sigma used exclusively at the end of a word, while the standard sigma "σ" appears elsewhere. This typographic distinction is essential for correct Greek spelling and is known as the "final sigma" or "terminal sigma." In Unicode, it is encoded separately from the regular sigma to ensure proper text rendering and processing, preserving the historical and linguistic conventions of the Greek alphabet.

General Properties

Code Point	U+03C2
Version Added	1.1
Name	Greek Small Letter Final Sigma
Block	Greek and Coptic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ς
HTML Hex Encoding	ς
UTF-8 Encoding	0xCF 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0x03C2
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000003C2
C/C++/Java Escape	\u03c2

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Σ" U+03A3 Greek Capital Letter Sigma
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Σ" U+03A3 Greek Capital Letter Sigma
Uppercase Code Point	"Σ" U+03A3 Greek Capital Letter Sigma
Titlecase Code Point	"Σ" U+03A3 Greek Capital Letter Sigma
Simple Case Folding	"σ" U+03C3 Greek Small Letter Sigma
Case Folding	"σ" U+03C3 Greek Small Letter Sigma
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"σ" U+03C3 Greek Small Letter Sigma
NFKC Simple Casefold	"σ" U+03C3 Greek Small Letter Sigma
Script	Greek
Script Extensions	Greek
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower