Ξ

Technical information

Symbol	Ξ
Name	Greek capital letter xi
Unicode number	U+039E
Category	Greek capital letter normal

Description

The Unicode character Ξ, or U+039E, is known as the "Greek Capital Letter Xi". It belongs to the "Greek and Coptic" block and falls under the "Letter, Uppercase" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a letter from the Greek alphabet. It is equivalent to the Latin "X" and is used in various contexts, including in the fields of science and mathematics. In mathematical contexts, for instance, it can denote an unknown variable. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity	Ξ
HTML Entity (hex)	Ξ
HTML Entity (named)	Ξ
URL Escape Code	%CE%9E
UTF-8 (hex)	0xCE 0x9E
UTF-8 (binary)	11001110:10011110
UTF-16	0x039E
UTF-32	0x0000039E

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u039E"
CSS Code	\039E
JavaScript	"\u039E"
Perl	\x{039E}
Python 2	u"\u039E"
Python 3	\u039E
Ruby	\u{039E}

Preview

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

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>&#926;</span>

span {
    content: "\039E";
}

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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