λ

Technical information

Symbol	λ
Name	Greek small letter lamda
Unicode number	U+03BB
Category	Greek small letter normal

Description

The Unicode character λ, or U+03BB, is known as "Greek Small Letter Lamda". It belongs to the "Greek and Coptic" block and falls under the "Letter, Lowercase" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of the lower case letter lamda (lambda) in the Greek alphabet. It is widely used in different fields such as mathematics, physics, engineering, and computer science, usually denoting different specific concepts in each discipline. 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%BB
UTF-8 (hex)	0xCE 0xBB
UTF-8 (binary)	11001110:10111011
UTF-16	0x03BB
UTF-32	0x000003BB

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u03BB"
CSS Code	\03BB
JavaScript	"\u03BB"
Perl	\x{03BB}
Python 2	u"\u03BB"
Python 3	\u03BB
Ruby	\u{03BB}

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>&#955;</span>

span {
    content: "\03BB";
}

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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