What is the HTML entity for Greek Small Letter Rho?

The HTML entity for Greek Small Letter Rho is ρ (decimal: ρ, hex: ρ).

What is the Unicode codepoint for Greek Small Letter Rho?

Greek Small Letter Rho has the Unicode codepoint U+03C1 (decimal: 961).

What is the UTF-8 encoding of Greek Small Letter Rho?

The UTF-8 encoding of Greek Small Letter Rho is CF 81.

How do I use Greek Small Letter Rho in JavaScript?

In JavaScript, use the escape sequence \u03C1 or paste the character directly in a string.

What is the CSS escape for Greek Small Letter Rho?

The CSS escape for Greek Small Letter Rho is \3C1. Use it in CSS content properties or selectors.

How do I write Greek Small Letter Rho in Python?

In Python, use the escape sequence \u03C1 inside a string literal.

What is the URL encoding for Greek Small Letter Rho?

The percent-encoded (URL encoded) form of Greek Small Letter Rho is %CF%81.

What Unicode block does Greek Small Letter Rho belong to?

Greek Small Letter Rho belongs to the Greek and Coptic Unicode block.

Greek Small Letter Rho

U+03C1

BMP Unicode 1.1

Character ρ

Entity ρ

Decimal ρ

Hex ρ

Classification

Unicode properties assigned to this character by the Unicode Consortium. The codepoint is its unique numeric identifier. Category, block, and script determine how text systems render and process it.

Codepoint: U+03C1
Decimal: 961
Plane: BMP — Basic Multilingual Plane
Category: Lowercase Letter (Ll)
Block: Greek and Coptic
Script: Greek
Bidi class: L Left-to-Right
East Asian Width: A Ambiguous
Properties: Alphabetic ID Start ID Continue
Uppercase: Ρ U+03A1

Looks Like (Confusables)

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Encodings & Escape Sequences

Every Unicode character can be represented in multiple ways depending on context. HTML entities let you embed it safely in web pages. UTF-8 bytes are what gets stored on disk and sent over the network. Escape sequences let you reference it in source code without pasting the raw glyph. All formats below refer to the same character — Greek Small Letter Rho.

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Format	Value
HTML Named Entity	`ρ` Named HTML entity — works in all browsers.
HTML Decimal	`ρ` Decimal numeric character reference (&#decimal;).
HTML Hex	`ρ` Hexadecimal numeric character reference (&#xHex;).
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	`CF 81` UTF-8 encoding as hex byte values. Most common on the web.
UTF-16 Hex Bytes	`03 C1` Used internally by JavaScript, Java, and Windows.
UTF-32 Hex	`000003C1` Fixed-width: one codepoint = 4 bytes.
CSS Escape	`\3C1` Use in CSS content property: content: "\XXXX"
JavaScript Escape	`\u03C1` Use in JS strings: "\uXXXX" or template literals.
Python Escape	`\u03C1` Use in Python strings: "\uXXXX" or "\UXXXXXXXX".
URL Encoded	`%CF%81` Percent-encoded for use in URLs.

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Characters That Include This

These characters decompose to a sequence that includes Greek Small Letter Rho as a component. They are effectively precomposed versions or compounds built on this base character.

ϱ U+03F1 ᵨ U+1D68 ῤ U+1FE4 ῥ U+1FE5 𝛒 U+1D6D2 𝜌 U+1D70C 𝝆 U+1D746 𝞀 U+1D780 𝞺 U+1D7BA

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Ͱ U+0370 ͱ U+0371 Ͳ U+0372 ͳ U+0373 ʹ U+0374 ͵ U+0375 Ͷ U+0376 ͷ U+0377 ͺ U+037A ͻ U+037B ͼ U+037C ͽ U+037D ; U+037E Ϳ U+037F ΄ U+0384 ΅ U+0385 Ά U+0386 · U+0387 Έ U+0388 Ή U+0389 Ί U+038A Ό U+038C Ύ U+038E Ώ U+038F

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Ͱ U+0370 ͱ U+0371 Ͳ U+0372 ͳ U+0373 ͵ U+0375 Ͷ U+0376 ͷ U+0377 ͺ U+037A ͻ U+037B ͼ U+037C ͽ U+037D Ϳ U+037F ΄ U+0384 Ά U+0386 Έ U+0388 Ή U+0389