U+0393 "Γ" Greek Capital Letter Gamma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0393 "Γ" Greek Capital Letter Gamma is the uppercase form of the third letter in the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter giml. In modern Greek, it represents a voiced velar fricative sound similar to the 'g' in the English word "go" but often softer, while in ancient Greek it denoted a hard 'g' sound. This character is also widely used as a mathematical and scientific symbol, standing for the gamma function, the photon in physics, and the reflection coefficient in engineering, among other applications. Its visual shape is a simple, angular capital letter with a horizontal top bar and a vertical stem descending from the left side, making it distinct from the similar-looking Latin "L" or Latin capital "F".
General Properties
Code Point
U+0393
Name
Greek Capital Letter Gamma
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
Γ
HTML Hex Encoding
Γ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xCE 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0393
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000393
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0393
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Lowercase Code Point
Lowercase Code Point
Simple Case Folding
Case Folding
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Greek