Greek Capital Letter Zeta HTML entity Ζ

Ζ is the HTML entity for Greek Capital Letter Zeta Ζ (U+0396). Copy Ζ, Ζ and the CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity: Ζ
Code point: U+0396
Unicode name: GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA
Block: Greek and Coptic
Category: Uppercase letter (Lu)
Since: Unicode 1.1
Defined in: HTML 4.01 and HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML named	`Ζ`Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimal	`Ζ`Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex	`Ζ`Works in HTML and XML.
CSS	`content: "\396";`In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript	`"\u0396"`Also valid in JSON.
Python	`"\u0396"`Python 3 string literal.
Python by name	`"\N{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA}"`Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL	`%CE%96`Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytes	`CE 96`2 bytes.
UTF-16	`0396`1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

Ζ writes U+0396 (Greek Capital Letter Zeta), a capital letter from the Unicode Greek and Coptic block, encoded since Unicode 1.1. In mathematics, single Greek letters are usually set in italic; MathML or a maths font handles that automatically.

The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.

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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).