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Greek Small Mu HTML entity μ
μ is the HTML entity for Greek Small Mu μ (U+03BC). Copy the decimal μ and hex μ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
μ- Code point
- U+03BC
- Unicode name
- GREEK SMALL LETTER MU
- Block
- Greek and Coptic
- Category
- Lowercase letter (Ll)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML 4.01 and HTML5
Codes to copy
| HTML named | μWorks in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined. | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | μWorks in HTML and XML. | |
| HTML hex | μWorks in HTML and XML. | |
| CSS | content: "\3BC";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u03BC"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u03bc"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{GREEK SMALL LETTER MU}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %CE%BCPercent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | CE BC2 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 03BC1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
The Greek small letter mu. Unicode recommends it, rather than the Latin-1 micro sign µ, for the SI prefix micro (μm, μs).
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).