Greek Small Letter Final Sigma HTML entity ς

ς is the HTML entity for Greek Small Letter Final Sigma ς (U+03C2). Copy ς, ς and the CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity
ς
Also written
ς ς
Code point
U+03C2
Unicode name
GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA
Block
Greek and Coptic
Category
Lowercase letter (Ll)
Since
Unicode 1.1
Defined in
HTML 4.01 and HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML namedςWorks in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimalςWorks in HTML and XML.
HTML hexςWorks in HTML and XML.
CSScontent: "\3C2";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript"\u03C2"Also valid in JSON.
Python"\u03c2"Python 3 string literal.
Python by name"\N{GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL%CF%82Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytesCF 822 bytes.
UTF-1603C21 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

ς writes U+03C2 (Greek Small Letter Final Sigma), 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).