List of Greek letters

This is a list of letters of the Greek alphabet. The definition of a Greek letter for this list is a character encoded in the Unicode standard that has a script property of "Greek" and the general category of "Letter". An overview of the distribution of Greek letters is given in Greek script in Unicode.

Letters contained in the modern Greek alphabet +Greek alphabetΑα Ββ Γγ Δδ Εε Ζζ Ηη Θθ Ιι Κκ Λλ Μμ Νν Ξξ Οο Ππ Ρρ Σσς Ττ Υυ Φφ Χχ Ψψ Ωω

Extensions +LetterNameNotesͰͱHetaArchaic letter for voiceless glottal fricativeͲͳArchaic SampiArchaic sibilant letterϜϝDigammaArchaic letter for /w/ͶͷTsanPamphylian letter for /w/; alleged sibilant in Arcado-CypriotϺϻSanArchaic letter for /s/ϷϸShoBactrian letter for /ʃ/ϘϙArchaic KoppaLetter for /k/ before Ο, Υ, and ΩϚϛStigmaArchaic ligature for στ, retained in iconographyͿϳYotGreek linguisticsNick Nicholas, "Yot" letter for /j/ϏϗKaiLigature abbreviating the word kai

Letters with diacritics The letters with diacritics below are those which do not denote the typical phonemes described with the standard Greek diacritics (archaic or otherwise). +LetterNameNotesΖ̌ζ̌Zeta with caronNonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek representing /ʒ/Κ̌κ̌Kappa with caronNonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek representing /c/ and /t͡ʃ/Λ̌λ̌Lambda with caronNonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek representing /ʎ/Ν̌ν̌Nu with caronNonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek representing /ɲ/Ξ̌ξ̌Xi with caronNonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek representing /kʃ/Π̌π̌Pi with caronNonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek representing ῤRho with smooth breathingArchaic letter denoting /r/ῬῥRho with rough breathingArchaic letter denoting /r̥/Σ̌σ̌ς̌Sigma with caronNonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek representing /ʃ/Τ̌τ̌Tau with caronNonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek representing /c/Ψ̌ψ̌Psi with caronNonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek representing /pʃ/

Other characters Other Greek characters are omitted from the tables above: Subscript modifier letters β, γ, ρ, φ, and χ: Superscript modifier letters β, γ, δ, θ, φ, and χ: Small capitals Γ, Λ, Π, Ρ, Ψ, and Ω: Glyph variants for β, ε, Θ, θ, κ, ρ, Σ, σ/ς, π, Υ, Ύ, Ϋ, φ: OU ligature which is used in Greek but encoded as a Latin letter: Ȣȣ

Footnotes

See also Greek alphabet Greek ligatures Greek letters used in mathematics Greek numerals