Greek Lunate Sigma Symbol
Part of Greek Letters
Greek Lunate Sigma Symbol has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ϲ
- Unicode
- U+03F2
About this symbol
ϲ is the lunate sigma, shaped like a C, which was the common form of sigma in late ancient and medieval Greek manuscripts. Some modern editions of old texts still print it.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- GREEK LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL
- Also called
- Greek small letter lunate sigma (1.0)
- Type
- Lowercase letter
- Unicode block
- Greek and Coptic
- Unicode group
- Variant letterforms
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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