Λ

Technical information

Symbol	Λ
Name	Greek capital letter lamda
Unicode number	U+039B
Category	Greek capital letter normal

Description

The Unicode character Λ, or U+039B, is known as the "Greek Capital Letter Lamda". It belongs to the "Greek and Coptic" block and falls under the "Letter, Uppercase" category in the Unicode standard. This character is the uppercase version of the Greek letter lamda (or lambda). In mathematics and physics, lambda often has various uses such as representing the wavelength of waves. It is also the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity	Λ
HTML Entity (hex)	Λ
HTML Entity (named)	Λ
URL Escape Code	%CE%9B
UTF-8 (hex)	0xCE 0x9B
UTF-8 (binary)	11001110:10011011
UTF-16	0x039B
UTF-32	0x0000039B

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u039B"
CSS Code	\039B
JavaScript	"\u039B"
Perl	\x{039B}
Python 2	u"\u039B"
Python 3	\u039B
Ruby	\u{039B}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this Λ in sentence and in bold like this Λ and in italic like this Λ.

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input

disabled input

input-group

select

button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#923;</span>

span {
    content: "\039B";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system

Apple Color Emoji

Arial

BlinkMacSystemFont

Courier New

Georgia

Droid Sans

Helvetica

Noto Sans

Oxygen

Roboto

"Segoe UI"

sans-serif

Segoe UI Emoji

Segoe UI Symbol

system-ui

Times New Roman

Ubuntu

Verdana

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