What is the HTML entity for Greek Small Letter Tau?

The HTML entity for Greek Small Letter Tau is τ (decimal: τ, hex: τ).

What is the Unicode codepoint for Greek Small Letter Tau?

Greek Small Letter Tau has the Unicode codepoint U+03C4 (decimal: 964).

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

The UTF-8 encoding of Greek Small Letter Tau is CF 84.

How do I use Greek Small Letter Tau in JavaScript?

In JavaScript, use the escape sequence \u03C4 or paste the character directly in a string.

What is the CSS escape for Greek Small Letter Tau?

The CSS escape for Greek Small Letter Tau is \3C4. Use it in CSS content properties or selectors.

How do I write Greek Small Letter Tau in Python?

In Python, use the escape sequence \u03C4 inside a string literal.

What is the URL encoding for Greek Small Letter Tau?

The percent-encoded (URL encoded) form of Greek Small Letter Tau is %CF%84.

What Unicode block does Greek Small Letter Tau belong to?

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

Greek Small Letter Tau

U+03C4

BMP Unicode 1.1

Character τ

Entity τ

Decimal τ

Hex τ

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+03C4
Decimal: 964
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: Τ U+03A4

Looks Like (Confusables)

Characters that are visually similar — relevant for security, font design, and homoglyph detection.

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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 Tau.

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Format	Value
HTML Named Entity	`τ` Named HTML entity — works in all browsers.
HTML Decimal	`τ` Decimal numeric character reference (&#decimal;).
HTML Hex	`τ` Hexadecimal numeric character reference (&#xHex;).
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	`CF 84` UTF-8 encoding as hex byte values. Most common on the web.
UTF-16 Hex Bytes	`03 C4` Used internally by JavaScript, Java, and Windows.
UTF-32 Hex	`000003C4` Fixed-width: one codepoint = 4 bytes.
CSS Escape	`\3C4` Use in CSS content property: content: "\XXXX"
JavaScript Escape	`\u03C4` Use in JS strings: "\uXXXX" or template literals.
Python Escape	`\u03C4` Use in Python strings: "\uXXXX" or "\UXXXXXXXX".
URL Encoded	`%CF%84` 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 Tau as a component. They are effectively precomposed versions or compounds built on this base character.

𝛕 U+1D6D5 𝜏 U+1D70F 𝝉 U+1D749 𝞃 U+1D783 𝞽 U+1D7BD

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More in Greek and Coptic

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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