Greek Small Letter Phi HTML entity φ

φ is the HTML entity for Greek Small Letter Phi φ (U+03C6). Copy the decimal φ and hex φ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity: φ
Code point: U+03C6
Unicode name: GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI
Block: Greek and Coptic
Category: Lowercase letter (Ll)
Since: Unicode 1.1
Defined in: HTML 4.01 and HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML named	`φ`Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimal	`φ`Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex	`φ`Works in HTML and XML.
CSS	`content: "\3C6";`In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript	`"\u03C6"`Also valid in JSON.
Python	`"\u03c6"`Python 3 string literal.
Python by name	`"\N{GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI}"`Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL	`%CF%86`Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytes	`CF 86`2 bytes.
UTF-16	`03C6`1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

φ writes U+03C6 (Greek Small Letter Phi), a small 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).