Greek Small Letter Phi
Part of Greek Letters
On Windows, hold Alt and type 237 on the numeric keypad to insert greek small letter phi.
- Alt code
- Alt+237
- HTML entity
- φ
- Unicode
- U+03C6
About this symbol
Phi is the usual name for the golden ratio, approximately 1.618, admired in art and architecture for its proportions. The American mathematician Mark Barr is said to have chosen the letter by 1910; mathematicians also wrote it with τ, tau, from the Greek for a cut.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI
- Type
- Lowercase letter
- Unicode block
- Greek and Coptic
- Unicode group
- Letters
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
- Unicode notes
- The ordinary Greek letter, showing considerable glyph variation
- In mathematical contexts, the loopy glyph is preferred, to contrast with 03D5
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