Greek Letters in HTML and JavaScript JavaScript FAQ | JavaScript Strings and RegExp FAQ   Question: Can I display Greek letters on my page as part of JavaScript output? Answer: You can include Greek letters in JavaScript strings and/or display Greek letters on your webpage using several representations: hexadecimal codes \uXXXX in JavaScript strings; e.g. small alpha (α) is \u03B1 numeric HTML entities; for example, small alpha is α HTML entities; for example, small alpha is α unescape with a suitable argument; e.g. small alpha is unescape('%u03B1') decodeURI with a suitable argument; e.g. small alpha is decodeURI('%CE%B1') Here is a simple test for the Greek letter pi (π): document.write('C = 2\u03C0R') // document.write('C = 2πR') // document.write('C = 2πR') // document.write(unescape('%u03C0')) // document.write(decodeURI('%CF%80')) // To display Greek letters in a JavaScript alert message or a confirm dialog box, use hexadecimal codes, for example: alert('\u03A9 is the last letter of the alphabet.') //Try it! The following table lists HTML entities, character codes, and URL-encodings for Greek letters in alphabetical order. Some letter variants do not have HTML entities; for example, ϓ (ϓ) or ϕ (ϕ). These letter variants are omitted. chr  \uXXXX   Numeric   HTML entity  escape(chr)  encodeURI(chr) Α \u0391 Α Α %u0391 %CE%91 Β \u0392 Β Β %u0392 %CE%92 Γ \u0393 Γ Γ %u0393 %CE%93 Δ \u0394 Δ Δ %u0394 %CE%94 Ε \u0395 Ε Ε %u0395 %CE%95 Ζ \u0396 Ζ Ζ %u0396 %CE%96 Η \u0397 Η Η %u0397 %CE%97 Θ \u0398 Θ Θ %u0398 %CE%98 Ι \u0399 Ι Ι %u0399 %CE%99 Κ \u039A Κ Κ %u039A %CE%9A Λ \u039B Λ Λ %u039B %CE%9B Μ \u039C Μ Μ %u039C %CE%9C Ν \u039D Ν Ν %u039D %CE%9D Ξ \u039E Ξ Ξ %u039E %CE%9E Ο \u039F Ο Ο %u039F %CE%9F Π \u03A0 Π Π %u03A0 %CE%A0 Ρ \u03A1 Ρ Ρ %u03A1 %CE%A1 Σ \u03A3 Σ Σ %u03A3 %CE%A3 Τ \u03A4 Τ Τ %u03A4 %CE%A4 Υ \u03A5 Υ Υ %u03A5 %CE%A5 ϒ \u03D2 ϒ ϒ %u03D2 %CF%92 Φ \u03A6 Φ Φ %u03A6 %CE%A6 Χ \u03A7 Χ Χ %u03A7 %CE%A7 Ψ \u03A8 Ψ Ψ %u03A8 %CE%A8 Ω \u03A9 Ω Ω %u03A9 %CE%A9 α \u03B1 α α %u03B1 %CE%B1 β \u03B2 β β %u03B2 %CE%B2 γ \u03B3 γ γ %u03B3 %CE%B3 δ \u03B4 δ δ %u03B4 %CE%B4 ε \u03B5 ε ε %u03B5 %CE%B5 ζ \u03B6 ζ ζ %u03B6 %CE%B6 η \u03B7 η η %u03B7 %CE%B7 θ \u03B8 θ θ %u03B8 %CE%B8 ϑ \u03D1 ϑ ϑ %u03D1 %CF%91 ι \u03B9 ι ι %u03B9 %CE%B9 κ \u03BA κ κ %u03BA %CE%BA λ \u03BB λ λ %u03BB %CE%BB μ \u03BC μ μ %u03BC %CE%BC ν \u03BD ν ν %u03BD %CE%BD ξ \u03BE ξ ξ %u03BE %CE%BE ο \u03BF ο ο %u03BF %CE%BF π \u03C0 π π %u03C0 %CF%80 ϖ \u03D6 ϖ ϖ %u03D6 %CF%96 ρ \u03C1 ρ ρ %u03C1 %CF%81 ς \u03C2 ς ς %u03C2 %CF%82 σ \u03C3 σ σ %u03C3 %CF%83 τ \u03C4 τ τ %u03C4 %CF%84 υ \u03C5 υ υ %u03C5 %CF%85 φ \u03C6 φ φ %u03C6 %CF%86 χ \u03C7 χ χ %u03C7 %CF%87 ψ \u03C8 ψ ψ %u03C8 %CF%88 ω \u03C9 ω ω %u03C9 %CF%89 Alphabetical order differs from the character code order for these letters: ϑ \u03D1 ϑ ϑ %u03D1 %CF%91 ϒ \u03D2 ϒ ϒ %u03D2 %CF%92 ϖ \u03D6 ϖ ϖ %u03D6 %CF%96 See also: How do I convert a string to URL-encoding? Special and Mathematical Symbols Accented Characters and Ligatures W3C Character Entity References in HTML 4 (www.w3.org)

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