τ

Technical information

Symbol	τ
Name	Greek small letter tau
Unicode number	U+03C4
Category	Greek small letter normal

Description

The Unicode character τ, or U+03C4, is known as the "Greek Small Letter Tau". It belongs to the "Greek and Coptic" block and is categorized under the "Letter, Lowercase" category in the Unicode standard. The glyph is a lowercase representation of the Greek letter Tau, which resembles an English lowercase "t" but without the curve. This character is used in the Greek language as well as in various scientific, mathematical, and engineering contexts. For instance, in mathematics, it is often used to represent a specific constant ratio, specifically the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius, and in physics, it's used as a symbol for time constants or torques.

Encoding

HTML Entity	τ
HTML Entity (hex)	τ
HTML Entity (named)	τ
URL Escape Code	%CF%84
UTF-8 (hex)	0xCF 0x84
UTF-8 (binary)	11001111:10000100
UTF-16	0x03C4
UTF-32	0x000003C4

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u03C4"
CSS Code	\03C4
JavaScript	"\u03C4"
Perl	\x{03C4}
Python 2	u"\u03C4"
Python 3	\u03C4
Ruby	\u{03C4}

Preview

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

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HTML Forms and Input

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Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#964;</span>

span {
    content: "\03C4";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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