U+03B1 "α" Greek Small Letter Alpha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+03B1 "α" Greek Small Letter Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet and serves as a foundational symbol in mathematics, science, and engineering, often representing angles, coefficients, and the fine-structure constant, among other concepts. In the Greek language, it functions as a vowel with a short or long sound, and its name derives from the Phoenician letter "aleph." This character is distinct from the Latin letter "a" and is commonly used in fields such as physics, chemistry, and linguistics for notations like alpha particles, alpha decay, and alpha taxonomy.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+03B1
Name
Greek Small Letter Alpha
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
α
HTML Hex Encoding
α
UTF-8 Encoding
0xCE 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding
0x03B1
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000003B1
C/C++/Java Escape
\u03b1
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Greek