What is the HTML entity for Greek Small Letter Sho?

The HTML entity for Greek Small Letter Sho is ϸ (decimal: ϸ, hex: ϸ).

What is the Unicode codepoint for Greek Small Letter Sho?

Greek Small Letter Sho has the Unicode codepoint U+03F8 (decimal: 1016).

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

The UTF-8 encoding of Greek Small Letter Sho is CF B8.

How do I use Greek Small Letter Sho in JavaScript?

In JavaScript, use the escape sequence \u03F8 or paste the character directly in a string.

What is the CSS escape for Greek Small Letter Sho?

The CSS escape for Greek Small Letter Sho is \3F8. Use it in CSS content properties or selectors.

How do I write Greek Small Letter Sho in Python?

In Python, use the escape sequence \u03F8 inside a string literal.

What is the URL encoding for Greek Small Letter Sho?

The percent-encoded (URL encoded) form of Greek Small Letter Sho is %CF%B8.

What Unicode block does Greek Small Letter Sho belong to?

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

Greek Small Letter Sho

U+03F8

BMP Unicode 4.0

Character ϸ

Decimal ϸ

Hex ϸ

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+03F8
Decimal: 1016
Plane: BMP — Basic Multilingual Plane
Category: Lowercase Letter (Ll)
Block: Greek and Coptic
Script: Greek
Bidi class: L Left-to-Right
East Asian Width: N Narrow
Properties: Alphabetic ID Start ID Continue
Uppercase: Ϸ U+03F7

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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 Sho.

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Format	Value
HTML Decimal	`ϸ` Decimal numeric character reference (&#decimal;).
HTML Hex	`ϸ` Hexadecimal numeric character reference (&#xHex;).
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	`CF B8` UTF-8 encoding as hex byte values. Most common on the web.
UTF-16 Hex Bytes	`03 F8` Used internally by JavaScript, Java, and Windows.
UTF-32 Hex	`000003F8` Fixed-width: one codepoint = 4 bytes.
CSS Escape	`\3F8` Use in CSS content property: content: "\XXXX"
JavaScript Escape	`\u03F8` Use in JS strings: "\uXXXX" or template literals.
Python Escape	`\u03F8` Use in Python strings: "\uXXXX" or "\UXXXXXXXX".
URL Encoded	`%CF%B8` Percent-encoded for use in URLs.

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