The Greek script is used for the Greek language, which belongs to the Indo-European group and is the national language of Greece. Greek letters are also widely used as symbols in scientific and technical documents. Additional characters, including the polytonic characters needed for classical Greek, can be found in the Greek Extended range. You can find some real (non-Unicode) Greek text to try at http://www.microsoft.com/hellas/ and Rainbow Computer. You can see some Unicode Greek on the What is Unicode? in Greek page and the OHCHR: Greek Universal Declaration of Human Rights page.
In version 4.1 of the Unicode standard, a separate range was established for Coptic, but the 14 specifically Coptic characters included in the Greek and Coptic range are also needed for a complete implementation of Coptic.
If you want to convert Greek in older formats into Greek Unicode, Sean Redmond has produced a Greek Font to Unicode Converter that works with Beta Code, GreekKeys, ISO 8859-7 and WinGreek. Fingertip Software Inc. produces Character Set Converter, which runs under Windows and can convert Unicode Greek to and from Windows, Macintosh and DOS Greek character sets.
Characters 900–906, 908 and 910–974 are present in Microsoft’s WGL4 character set, and are therefore included in Microsoft’s core fonts for Windows (Arial, Courier New and Times New Roman). Characters 937 and 960 provide Unicode equivalents for two of the characters in Apple’s MacRoman character set. Characters 913–937, 945–969, 977, 978, 981 and 982 provide Unicode equivalents for some of the characters in Monotype’s Symbol font. Users of Internet Explorer 5 for Windows can choose to install the Pan-European update to enable them to view Greek Web pages.
Unicode Greek is supported by Microsoft Windows from Windows 95 onwards, and by Macintosh OS X 10.
Greek Web pages are supported by Internet Explorer 4 (or higher), Netscape Navigator 4 (or higher), Mozilla and Opera 6 (or higher) under Windows 95 (or higher). Mac OS 9 does not include a Language Kit for Greek, but Internet Explorer 4 (or higher), Netscape Navigator 4 (but not 6 or 7) and iCab 2 under Mac OS 9 can use Greek characters from the Symbol font to display Greek Unicode characters. It is possible to install Greek fonts intended for earlier versions of Mac OS for viewing some non-Unicode Greek Web pages.
The characters that appear in the first column of the following table depend on the browser that you are using, the fonts installed on your computer, and the browser options you have chosen that determine the fonts used to display particular character sets, encodings or languages. The entries in the “Entity” column are character entity references that can be used in HTML pages.
You can find some or all of the characters in this range in the Windows Unicode fonts Aboriginal Sans, Aboriginal Serif, Aegean, Aisa Unicode, Akkadian, Albany, Alexander, Alfios, Alkaios, ALPHABETUM Unicode, Anaktoria, Analecta, Andale Mono, Andale Sans, Andale Sans UI, AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni, AR PL ZenKai Uni, Arev Sans, Arial, Arial Black, Arial Narrow, Arial Unicode MS, Aristarcoj, Aroania, Atavyros, AttikaU, Avdira, BabelStone Han, Baekmuk Batang, Baekmuk Dotum, Baekmuk Gulim, Baekmuk Headline, Ballymun RO, Batang, BatangChe, Berling Antiqua, Bitstream CyberBase, Bitstream CyberBit, Bitstream CyberCJK, Book Antiqua, Bookman Old Style, BosporosU, BPG Paata Khutsuri U, Calibri, Cambria, Cambria Math, Candara, Cardo, Caslon, Century, Century Gothic, Century Schoolbook, Charis SIL (few), Chrysanthi Unicode, CN-Arial, CN-Times, Code2000, Code2001, Comic Sans MS, Consolas, Constantia, Corbel, Courier MonoThai, Courier New, Cumberland, DejaVu Sans, DejaVu Sans Condensed, DejaVu Sans Mono, DejaVu Serif, DejaVu Serif Condensed, Dialekt Uni, Doulos SIL (few), Ekushey Azad, Ekushey Durga, Ekushey Puja (few), Ekushey Punarbhaba (few), Ekushey Saraswatii (few), Ekushey Sharifa (few), Ekushey Sumit (few), EversonMono, Fixedsys Excelsior, Franklin Gothic, Franklin Gothic Cond, Free Idg Serif, Free Monospaced, Free Sans, Free Serif, Frutiger Linotype, Galatia SIL, Galilee Unicode Gk, Gandhari Unicode, Garamond, Garava, Gentium, GentiumAlt, Georgia, GFS Bodoni, GFS Didot, GFS Neohellenic, Gulim Che, Gungsuh, GungsuhChe, Haettenschweiler, Hindsight Unicode, HY Shin Myeongjo Std Acro, Impact, jGaramond, Junicode, KadmosU, Kidprint, Kliment Std, Kochi Gothic, Kochi Mincho, Kozuka Mincho Pro Acro, LeedsUni, Legendum, Linux Biolinum O, Linux Libertine O, Lucida Bright, Lucida Console, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans, Lucida Sans Typewriter, Lucida Sans Unicode, Malgun Gothic, Marin, MD King KhammuRabi, MgOldTimes UC Pol, MgOpen Canonica, Microsoft Sans Serif, Ming(for ISO10646), MingLiU, MingLiU_HKSCS, Minion Pro, Mistral, Monospace, Monotype Corsiva, MPH 2B Damase, MS Gothic, MS Mincho, MS PGothic, MS PMincho, MS Reference Sans Serif, MS Reference Serif, MS UI Gothic, MSung Std Acro, MyMyanmar, Myriad Pro, New Athena Unicode, New Gulim, NSimSun, NSimSun-18030, Palatino Linotype, ParabaikSans, PMingLiU, Porson, Quivira, Reader Sans, RomanCyrillic Std, Roman Unicode, Sazanami Gothic, Sazanami Mincho, SBL Greek, Segoe Print, Segoe Script, Segoe UI, SimHei, SImPL, SimSun, SimSun-18030, sixpack, StarSymbol, STIXGeneral, STSong Std Acro, Summersby, Sun-ExtA, Sylfaen, Tahoma, Thorndale, Thryomanes, Times New Roman, TITUS Cyberbit Basic, Trebuchet MS, TSC FMing S TT, TSC JSong S TT, Symbola, UnBatang, UniBurma, Verdana, Vusillus Old Face, WenQuanYi Zen Hei, WenQuanYi Zen Hei Mono, XTashi (few), YOzFontN and Zawgyi-One; in the Macintosh OS 9 Unicode fonts Apple LiGothic, Apple LiSung, AppleGothic, AppleMyungjo, Beijing, BiauKai, ChuGothic, Fang Song, Gungseouche, Hei, HeiseiKakuGothic, HeiseiMincho, Kai, Osaka, Osaka-Mono, Pilgiche, SaiMincho, Seoul, Song, Tahoma and Taipei; in the Macintosh OS X Unicode fonts Alkaios, Apple LiGothic, Apple LiSung, AppleMyungjo, Arial, Batang, Beijing, BiauKai, Century, Fang Song, Gentium, GentiumAlt, #GothicMedium, Gulim, #GungSeo, Hangang, Hei, Helvetica, Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro, Hiragino Kaku Gothic Std, Hiragino Maru Gothic Pro, Hiragino Mincho Pro, Kai, Lucida Grande, MS Gothic, MS Mincho, MS PGothic, MS PMincho, #MyungjoNeue, New Athena Unicode, Osaka, Osaka-Mono, #PCMyungjo, #PilGi, PMingLiU, Seoul, SimSun, Song, STFangsong, STHeiti, STKaiti, STSong, Symbol, #TaeGraphic, Taipei, Times, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS and Verdana; and in the Unix Unicode fonts Caslon and ClearlyU.
To see exactly which characters are included in a particular font, you can use a utility such as Andrew West’s BabelMap, Apple’s TrueEdit, or WunderMoosen’s FontChecker.
If you are not familiar with the characters, you can check the characters displayed here with the graphical display at http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0370.pdf.
Character (decimal) | Decimal | Character (hex) | Hex | Entity | Name |
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Ͱ | 880 | Ͱ | 0370 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER HETA | |
ͱ | 881 | ͱ | 0371 | GREEK SMALL LETTER HETA | |
Ͳ | 882 | Ͳ | 0372 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ARCHAIC SAMPI | |
ͳ | 883 | ͳ | 0373 | GREEK SMALL LETTER ARCHAIC SAMPI | |
ʹ | 884 | ʹ | 0374 | GREEK NUMERAL SIGN | |
͵ | 885 | ͵ | 0375 | GREEK LOWER NUMERAL SIGN | |
Ͷ | 886 | Ͷ | 0376 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PAMPHYLIAN DIGAMMA | |
ͷ | 887 | ͷ | 0377 | GREEK SMALL LETTER PAMPHYLIAN DIGAMMA | |
ͺ | 890 | ͺ | 037A | GREEK YPOGEGRAMMENI | |
ͻ | 891 | ͻ | 037B | GREEK SMALL REVERSED LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL | |
ͼ | 892 | ͼ | 037C | GREEK SMALL DOTTED LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL | |
ͽ | 893 | ͽ | 037D | GREEK SMALL REVERSED DOTTED LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL | |
; | 894 | ; | 037E | GREEK QUESTION MARK | |
Ϳ | 895 | Ϳ | 037F | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER YOT | |
΄ | 900 | ΄ | 0384 | GREEK TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
΅ | 901 | ΅ | 0385 | GREEK DIALYTIKA TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
Ά | 902 | Ά | 0386 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
· | 903 | · | 0387 | GREEK ANO TELEIA (present in WGL4) | |
Έ | 904 | Έ | 0388 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
Ή | 905 | Ή | 0389 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
Ί | 906 | Ί | 038A | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
Ό | 908 | Ό | 038C | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
Ύ | 910 | Ύ | 038E | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
Ώ | 911 | Ώ | 038F | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
ΐ | 912 | ΐ | 0390 | GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
Α | 913 | Α | 0391 | Α | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Β | 914 | Β | 0392 | Β | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Γ | 915 | Γ | 0393 | Γ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Δ | 916 | Δ | 0394 | Δ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Ε | 917 | Ε | 0395 | Ε | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Ζ | 918 | Ζ | 0396 | Ζ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Η | 919 | Η | 0397 | Η | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Θ | 920 | Θ | 0398 | Θ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Ι | 921 | Ι | 0399 | Ι | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Κ | 922 | Κ | 039A | Κ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Λ | 923 | Λ | 039B | Λ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Μ | 924 | Μ | 039C | Μ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Ν | 925 | Ν | 039D | Ν | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Ξ | 926 | Ξ | 039E | Ξ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Ο | 927 | Ο | 039F | Ο | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Π | 928 | Π | 03A0 | Π | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Ρ | 929 | Ρ | 03A1 | Ρ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER RHO (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Σ | 931 | Σ | 03A3 | Σ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Τ | 932 | Τ | 03A4 | Τ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER TAU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Υ | 933 | Υ | 03A5 | Υ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Φ | 934 | Φ | 03A6 | Φ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Χ | 935 | Χ | 03A7 | Χ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER CHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Ψ | 936 | Ψ | 03A8 | Ψ | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
Ω | 937 | Ω | 03A9 | Ω | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA (present in WGL4 and MacRoman, and in Symbol font) |
Ϊ | 938 | Ϊ | 03AA | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA | |
Ϋ | 939 | Ϋ | 03AB | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA | |
ά | 940 | ά | 03AC | GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS | |
έ | 941 | έ | 03AD | GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS | |
ή | 942 | ή | 03AE | GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA WITH TONOS | |
ί | 943 | ί | 03AF | GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS | |
ΰ | 944 | ΰ | 03B0 | GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA AND TONOS | |
α | 945 | α | 03B1 | α | GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
β | 946 | β | 03B2 | β | GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
γ | 947 | γ | 03B3 | γ | GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
δ | 948 | δ | 03B4 | δ | GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
ε | 949 | ε | 03B5 | ε | GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
ζ | 950 | ζ | 03B6 | ζ | GREEK SMALL LETTER ZETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
η | 951 | η | 03B7 | η | GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
θ | 952 | θ | 03B8 | θ | GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
ι | 953 | ι | 03B9 | ι | GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
κ | 954 | κ | 03BA | κ | GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
λ | 955 | λ | 03BB | λ | GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
μ | 956 | μ | 03BC | μ | GREEK SMALL LETTER MU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
ν | 957 | ν | 03BD | ν | GREEK SMALL LETTER NU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
ξ | 958 | ξ | 03BE | ξ | GREEK SMALL LETTER XI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
ο | 959 | ο | 03BF | ο | GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
π | 960 | π | 03C0 | π | GREEK SMALL LETTER PI (present in WGL4 and MacRoman, and in Symbol font) |
ρ | 961 | ρ | 03C1 | ρ | GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
ς | 962 | ς | 03C2 | ς | GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
σ | 963 | σ | 03C3 | σ | GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
τ | 964 | τ | 03C4 | τ | GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
υ | 965 | υ | 03C5 | υ | GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
φ | 966 | φ | 03C6 | φ | GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
χ | 967 | χ | 03C7 | χ | GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
ψ | 968 | ψ | 03C8 | ψ | GREEK SMALL LETTER PSI (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
ω | 969 | ω | 03C9 | ω | GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA (present in WGL4 and in Symbol font) |
ϊ | 970 | ϊ | 03CA | GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA (present in WGL4) | |
ϋ | 971 | ϋ | 03CB | GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA (present in WGL4) | |
ό | 972 | ό | 03CC | GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
ύ | 973 | ύ | 03CD | GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
ώ | 974 | ώ | 03CE | GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS (present in WGL4) | |
Ϗ | 975 | Ϗ | 03CF | GREEK CAPITAL KAI SYMBOL | |
ϐ | 976 | ϐ | 03D0 | GREEK BETA SYMBOL | |
ϑ | 977 | ϑ | 03D1 | ϑ | GREEK THETA SYMBOL (present in Symbol font) |
ϒ | 978 | ϒ | 03D2 | ϒ | GREEK UPSILON WITH HOOK SYMBOL (present in Symbol font) |
ϓ | 979 | ϓ | 03D3 | GREEK UPSILON WITH ACUTE AND HOOK SYMBOL | |
ϔ | 980 | ϔ | 03D4 | GREEK UPSILON WITH DIAERESIS AND HOOK SYMBOL | |
ϕ | 981 | ϕ | 03D5 | GREEK PHI SYMBOL (present in Symbol font) | |
ϖ | 982 | ϖ | 03D6 | ϖ | GREEK PI SYMBOL (present in Symbol font) |
ϗ | 983 | ϗ | 03D7 | GREEK KAI SYMBOL | |
Ϙ | 984 | Ϙ | 03D8 | GREEK LETTER ARCHAIC KOPPA | |
ϙ | 985 | ϙ | 03D9 | GREEK SMALL LETTER ARCHAIC KOPPA | |
Ϛ | 986 | Ϛ | 03DA | GREEK LETTER STIGMA | |
ϛ | 987 | ϛ | 03DB | GREEK SMALL LETTER STIGMA | |
Ϝ | 988 | Ϝ | 03DC | GREEK LETTER DIGAMMA | |
ϝ | 989 | ϝ | 03DD | GREEK SMALL LETTER DIGAMMA | |
Ϟ | 990 | Ϟ | 03DE | GREEK LETTER KOPPA | |
ϟ | 991 | ϟ | 03DF | GREEK SMALL LETTER KOPPA | |
Ϡ | 992 | Ϡ | 03E0 | GREEK LETTER SAMPI | |
ϡ | 993 | ϡ | 03E1 | GREEK SMALL LETTER SAMPI | |
Ϣ | 994 | Ϣ | 03E2 | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER SHEI | |
ϣ | 995 | ϣ | 03E3 | COPTIC SMALL LETTER SHEI | |
Ϥ | 996 | Ϥ | 03E4 | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER FEI | |
ϥ | 997 | ϥ | 03E5 | COPTIC SMALL LETTER FEI | |
Ϧ | 998 | Ϧ | 03E6 | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER KHEI | |
ϧ | 999 | ϧ | 03E7 | COPTIC SMALL LETTER KHEI | |
Ϩ | 1000 | Ϩ | 03E8 | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER HORI | |
ϩ | 1001 | ϩ | 03E9 | COPTIC SMALL LETTER HORI | |
Ϫ | 1002 | Ϫ | 03EA | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER GANGIA | |
ϫ | 1003 | ϫ | 03EB | COPTIC SMALL LETTER GANGIA | |
Ϭ | 1004 | Ϭ | 03EC | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER SHIMA | |
ϭ | 1005 | ϭ | 03ED | COPTIC SMALL LETTER SHIMA | |
Ϯ | 1006 | Ϯ | 03EE | COPTIC CAPITAL LETTER DEI | |
ϯ | 1007 | ϯ | 03EF | COPTIC SMALL LETTER DEI | |
ϰ | 1008 | ϰ | 03F0 | GREEK KAPPA SYMBOL | |
ϱ | 1009 | ϱ | 03F1 | GREEK RHO SYMBOL | |
ϲ | 1010 | ϲ | 03F2 | GREEK LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL | |
ϳ | 1011 | ϳ | 03F3 | GREEK LETTER YOT | |
ϴ | 1012 | ϴ | 03F4 | GREEK CAPITAL THETA SYMBOL | |
ϵ | 1013 | ϵ | 03F5 | GREEK LUNATE EPSILON SYMBOL | |
϶ | 1014 | ϶ | 03F6 | GREEK REVERSED LUNATE EPSILON SYMBOL | |
Ϸ | 1015 | Ϸ | 03F7 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SHO | |
ϸ | 1016 | ϸ | 03F8 | GREEK SMALL LETTER SHO | |
Ϲ | 1017 | Ϲ | 03F9 | GREEK CAPITAL LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL | |
Ϻ | 1018 | Ϻ | 03FA | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SAN | |
ϻ | 1019 | ϻ | 03FB | GREEK SMALL LETTER SAN | |
ϼ | 1020 | ϼ | 03FC | GREEK RHO WITH STROKE SYMBOL | |
Ͻ | 1021 | Ͻ | 03FD | GREEK CAPITAL REVERSED LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL | |
Ͼ | 1022 | Ͼ | 03FE | GREEK CAPITAL DOTTED LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL | |
Ͽ | 1023 | Ͽ | 03FF | GREEK CAPITAL REVERSED DOTTED LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL |
The following currency symbol is not in the Greek range:
Character (decimal) | Decimal | Character (hex) | Hex | Entity | Name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
₯ | 8367 | ₯ | 20AF | DRACHMA SIGN |
Copyright © 1999–2014 Alan Wood
The hexadecimal numbers and the character names in the above table are taken from the Unicode 7.0.0 Character Database, Copyright © 1991–2014 Unicode, Inc., as contained in UnicodeData.txt on the Unicode Web site (http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/) in October 2014.
Created 3rd February 1999 Last updated 25th October 2014