UC Irvine Unicode Project Title Brief Guide to Greek Unicode Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/99x2f5z9 Author Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Project Publication Date 2003-03-10 eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California TLG Beta Code Quick Reference Guide Revised: March 4, 2003 This document provides a quick reference to Beta Code and its Unicode equivalents. For a comprehensive overview of Beta Code, please see the TLG Beta Code Manual. Unicode equivalents are correct as of Unicode 4.0 (Alpha). Table of Contents: Greek Alphabet............................................................................................................................................2 Latin Alphabet.............................................................................................................................................2 Coptic Alphabet...........................................................................................................................................3 $ and & – Font Shifts...................................................................................................................................4 ^ and @ – Page Formatting ..........................................................................................................................5 { – Textual Mark-Up ...................................................................................................................................5 < – Text Formatting.....................................................................................................................................5 " – Quotation Marks ....................................................................................................................................6 [ – Parentheses.............................................................................................................................................6 % – Additional Punctuation and Characters................................................................................................8 # – Additional Characters..........................................................................................................................10 Notes: ¾ Reserved characters for projects other than the TLG are shown in gray. ¾ Asterisks indicate uppercase letters in Beta Code. ¾ “Pending” is used for symbols already submitted or ready to be submitted to UTC by the TLG. ¾ “Proposal?” is used for symbols whose use is not limited to Greek texts and therefore have not been submitted to UTC by the TLG; they may however be proposed in the future for consideration. ¾ “PUA”: Private Use Area. This has been used both for characters that do not have reserved Unicode codepoints. ¾ “Markup” indicates symbols that do not require their own codepoint and should be handled through markup. 1 TLG Beta Code Quick Reference Guide Beta Beta Unicode Unicode Code Name Code Name Greek Alphabet *U 03A5 Υ Upsilon (Uppercase) U 03C5 υ Upsilon (Lowercase) *A 0391 Alpha (Uppercase) Α *V 03DC Ϝ Digamma (Uppercase) A 03B1 Alpha (Lowercase) ϝ α V 03DD Digamma (Lowercase) *B 0392 Β Beta (Uppercase) *W 03A9 Ω Omega (Uppercase) B 03B2 Beta (Lowercase) β W 03C9 ω Omega (Lowercase) *C 039E Ξ Xi (Uppercase) *X 03A7 Χ Chi (Uppercase) C 03BE ξ Xi (Lowercase) X 03C7 χ Chi (Lowercase) *D 0394 ∆ Delta (Uppercase) *Y 03A8 Ψ Psi (Uppercase) D 03B4 δ Delta (Lowercase) Y 03C8 ψ Psi (Lowercase) *E 0395 Ε Epsilon (Uppercase) *Z 0396 Ζ Zeta (Uppercase) E 03B5 ε Epsilon (Lowercase) Z 03B6 ζ Zeta (Lowercase) *F 03A6 Φ Phi (Uppercase) ) 0313 Smooth breathing F 03C6 φ Phi (Lowercase) *G 0393 ( 0314 Rough breathing Γ Gamma (Uppercase) G 03B3 γ Gamma (Lowercase) / 0301 Acute accent *H 0397 Η Eta (Uppercase) = 0303 Circumflex accent H 03B7 η Eta (Lowercase) *I 0399 \ 0300 Grave accent Ι Iota (Uppercase) 03B9 I ι Iota (Lowercase) + 0308 Diaeresis *K 039A Κ Kappa (Uppercase) | 0345 Iota subscript K 03BA κ Kappa (Lowercase) *L 039B Lambda (Uppercase) ? 0323 Subscript dot Λ L 03BB Lambda (Lowercase) λ . 002E . Period *M 039C Μ Mu (Uppercase) , 002C , Comma M 03BC µ Mu (Lowercase) : 0387 Colon (Ano Stigme) *N 039D Ν Nu (Uppercase) · N 03BD ν Nu (Lowercase) ; 037E ; Question Mark *O 039F Ο Omicron (Uppercase) ' 0027 ' Apostrophe O 03BF ο Omicron (Lowercase) - 2013 Hyphen *P 03A0 Π Pi (Uppercase) - P 03C0 π Pi (Lowercase) _ 2014 — Dash *Q 0398 Θ Theta (Uppercase) Q 03B8 Theta (Lowercase) Note: the Unicode precomposed forms of Greek letters are θ not listed above. See TLG Guide to Unicode Precomposed *R 03A1 Ρ Rho (Uppercase) Greek Forms for a comprehensive overview. R 03C1 ρ Rho (Lowercase) Ϲ Latin Alphabet *S 03A3 or 03F9 Σ or Sigma (Uppercase) or Lunate Sigma (Uppercase) A 0041 A Latin A (Uppercase) S 03C3, 03C2 or σ, ς or Medial, Final or Lunate a 0061 a Latin A (Lowercase) 03F2 Sigma (Lowercase) c B 0042 B Latin B (Uppercase) S1 03C3 σ Medial Sigma b 0062 b Latin B (Lowercase) S2 03C2 ς Final Sigma C 0043 C Latin C (Uppercase) Ϲ *S3 03F9 Lunate Sigma (Uppercase) c 0063 c Latin C (Lowercase) S3 03F2 c Lunate Sigma (Lowercase) D 0044 D Latin D (Uppercase) *T 03A4 Τ Tau (Uppercase) d 0064 d Latin D (Lowercase) T 03C4 τ Tau (Lowercase) E 0045 E Latin E (Uppercase) e 0065 e Latin E (Lowercase) 2 TLG Beta Code Quick Reference Guide Beta Beta Unicode Unicode Code Name Code Name F 0046 F Latin F (Uppercase) *B <font>0392 B Coptic Bida (Uppercase) f 0066 f Latin F (Lowercase) B <font>03B2 b Coptic Bida (Lowercase) G 0047 G Latin G (Uppercase) *C <font>039E X Coptic Ksi (Uppercase) g 0067 g Latin G (Lowercase) C <font>03BE x Coptic Ksi (Lowercase) H 0048 H Latin H (Uppercase) *D <font>0394 D Coptic Dalda (Uppercase) h 0068 h Latin H (Lowercase) D <font>03B4 d Coptic Dalda (Lowercase) I 0049 I Latin I (Uppercase) *E <font>0395 E Coptic Ei (Uppercase) i 0069 i Latin I (Lowercase) E <font>03B5 e Coptic Ei (Lowercase) J 004A J Latin J (Uppercase) *F <font>03A4 V Coptic Phi (Uppercase) j 006A j Latin J (Lowercase) F <font>03C4 v Coptic Phi (Lowercase) K 004B K Latin K (Uppercase) *f 03E5 F Coptic Fei (Uppercase) k 006B k Latin K (Lowercase) f 03E6 f Coptic Fei (Lowercase) L 004C L Latin L (Uppercase) *G <font>0393 G Coptic Gamma (Uppercase) l 006C l Latin L (Lowercase) G <font>03B3 g Coptic Gamma (Lowercase) M 004D M Latin M (Uppercase) *g 03EC { Coptic Tshima (Uppercase) m 006D m Latin M (Lowercase) g 03ED [ Coptic Tshima (Lowercase) N 004E N Latin N (Uppercase) *H <font>0397 ? Coptic Ita (Uppercase) n 006E n Latin N (Lowercase) H <font>03B7 / Coptic Ita (Lowercase) O 004F O Latin O (Uppercase) *h 03E8 H Coptic Hori (Uppercase) o 006F o Latin O (Lowercase) h 03E9 h Coptic Hori (Lowercase) P 0050 P Latin P (Uppercase) *I <font>0399 I Coptic Jauta (Uppercase) p 0070 p Latin P (Lowercase) I <font>03B9 i Coptic Jauta (Lowercase) Q 0051 Q Latin Q (Uppercase) *j 03EA J Coptic Dzhaidzhia q 0071 q Latin Q (Lowercase) (Uppercase) R 0052 R Latin R (Uppercase) j 03EB j Coptic Dzhaidzhia (Lowercase) r 0072 r Latin R (Lowercase) *K <font>039A K Coptic Kapa (Uppercase) S 0053 S Latin S (Uppercase) K <font>03BA k Coptic Kapa (Lowercase) s 0073 s Latin S (Lowercase) *L <font>039B L Coptic Laula (Uppercase) T 0054 T Latin T (Uppercase) L <font>03BB l Coptic Laula (Lowercase) t 0074 t Latin T (Lowercase) *M <font>039C M Coptic Mi (Uppercase) U 0055 U Latin U (Uppercase) M <font>03BC m Coptic Mi (Lowercase) u 0075 u Latin U (Lowercase) *N <font>039D N Coptic Ni (Uppercase) V 0056 V Latin V (Uppercase) N <font>03BD n Coptic Ni (Lowercase) v 0076 v Latin V (Lowercase) *O <font>039F O Coptic O (Uppercase) W 0057 W Latin W (Uppercase) O <font>03BF o Coptic O (Lowercase) w 0077 w Latin W (Lowercase) *P <font>0390 P Coptic Pi (Uppercase) X 0058 X Latin X (Uppercase) P <font>03C0 p Coptic Pi (Lowercase) x 0078 x Latin X (Lowercase) *Q <font>0398 Y Coptic Thita (Uppercase) Y 0059 Y Latin Y (Uppercase) Q <font>03B8 y Coptic Thita (Lowercase) y 0079 y Latin Y (Lowercase) *R <font>03A1 R Coptic Ro (Uppercase) Z 005A Z Latin Z (Uppercase) R <font>03C1 r Coptic Ro (Lowercase) z 007A z Latin Z (Lowercase) *S <font>03A3 C Coptic Sima (Uppercase) Coptic Alphabet S <font>03C3 c Coptic Sima (Lowercase) Note: It has been agreed to disunify Greek and Coptic, placing *s 03E2 S Coptic Shei (Uppercase) the Coptic block in Plane 1. The exact location of the Coptic s 03E3 s Coptic Shei (Lowercase) block has not been set. For the time being, <font> + Greek letter *T <font>03A3 T Coptic Tau (Uppercase) will have to be used. T <font>03C2 t Coptic Tau (Lowercase) *A <font>0391 A Coptic Alpha (Uppercase) *t 03EE } Coptic Ti (Uppercase) A <font>03B1 a Coptic Alpha (Lowercase) t 03EF } Coptic Ti (Lowercase) 3 TLG Beta Code Quick Reference Guide Beta Beta Unicode Unicode Code Name Code Name U * U <font>03A3 Coptic He (Uppercase) $40 - Greek Larger than Larger U <font>03F9 u Coptic He (Lowercase) than Normal *W <font>03A7 W Coptic Au (Uppercase) $50 - Coptic W <font>03C7 w Coptic Au (Lowercase) $51 - Demotic *X <font>03A5 < Coptic Khi (Uppercase) X <font>03C5 , Coptic Khi (Lowercase) $52 - Arabic *Y <font>03A6 " Coptic Psi (Uppercase) $53 - Hebrew Y <font>03C6 ' Coptic Psi (Lowercase) $70 Greek Uncial *Z <font>0396 Z Coptic Zita (Uppercase) - z Z <font>03B6 Coptic Zita (Lowercase) $80 - Transliterated Hebrew $ and & – Font Shifts & - Latin Normal $ Greek Normal - &1 - Latin Bold $1 Greek Bold - &3 - Latin Italic $3 Greek Italic - &4 - Latin Superscript $4 Greek Superscript - &5 - Latin Subscript $5 Greek Subscript - &6 - Latin Numerals $6 Greek Superscript Bold - &7 - Latin Small Capitals