Ancient Greek Letters
How many times have you heard the captain order “Attack Pattern Alpha” or something similar? We all know the first four letters, but what about the rest? Here’s a handy reference to check every letter—in order—and how to type them yourself (or just copy and paste them).
Name | Samples | Unicode Uppercase | Unicode Lowercase | Entity Uppercase | Entity Lowercase |
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Alpha | Α α | U+0391 | U+03B1 | Α | α |
Beta | Β β | U+0392 | U+03B2 | Β | β |
Gamma | Γ γ | U+0393 | U+03B3 | Γ | γ |
Delta | Δ δ | U+0394 | U+03B4 | Δ | δ |
Epsilon | Ε ε | U+0395 | U+03B5 | Ε | ε |
Zeta | Ζ ζ | U+0396 | U+03B6 | Ζ | ζ |
Eta | Η η | U+0397 | U+03B7 | Η | η |
Theta | Θ θ | U+0398 | U+03B8 | Θ | θ |
Iota | Ι ι | U+0399 | U+03B9 | Ι | ι |
Kappa | Κ κ | U+039A | U+03BA | Κ | κ |
Lambda | Λ λ | U+039B | U+03BB | Λ | λ |
Mu | Μ μ | U+039C | U+03BC | Μ | μ |
Nu | Ν ν | U+039D | U+03BD | Ν | ν |
Xi | Ξ ξ | U+039E | U+03BE | Ξ | ξ |
Omicron | Ο ο | U+039F | U+03BF | Ο | ο |
Pi | Π π | U+03A0 | U+03C0 | Π | π |
Rho | Ρ ρ | U+03A1 | U+03C1 | Ρ | ρ |
Sigma** | Σ σ/ς | U+03A3 | U+03C3 U+03C2 |
Σ | σ ς |
Tau | Τ τ | U+03A4 | U+03C4 | Τ | τ |
Upsilon | Υ υ | U+03A5 | U+03C5 | Υ | υ |
Phi | Φ φ | U+03A6 | U+03C6 | Φ | φ |
Chi | Χ χ | U+03A7 | U+03C7 | Χ | χ |
Psi | Ψ ψ | U+03A8 | U+03C8 | Ψ | ψ |
Omega | Ω ω | U+03A9 | U+03C9 | Ω | ω |
** The “final sigma” character (ς) is used at the end of a word instead of the standard sigma character.