| Character | Lower case | name | Unicode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Α | α | Alpha | U+2C6D / U+0251 |
| Β | β | Beta | U+0392 / U+03B2 |
| Γ | γ | Gamma | U+0393 / U+03B3 |
| Δ | δ | Delta | U+0394 / U+03B4 |
| Ε | ε | Epsilon | U+0395 / U+03B5 |
| Ζ | ζ | Zeta | U+0396 / U+03B6 |
| Η | η | Eta | U+0397 / U+03B7 |
| Θ | θ | Theta | U+0398 / U+03B8 |
| Ι | ι | Iota | U+0399 / U+03B9 |
| Κ | κ | Kappa | U+039A / U+03F0 |
| Λ | λ | Lambda | U+039B / U+03BB |
| Μ | μ | Mu | U+039C / U+03BC |
| Ν | ν | Nu | U+039D / U+03BD |
| Ξ | ξ | Xi | U+039E / U+03BE |
| Ο | ο | Omicron | U+039F / U+03BF |
| Π | π | Pi | U+03A0 / U+03C0 |
| Ρ | ρ |
Rho | U+03A1 / U+03F1 |
| Σ | σ ς |
Sigma | U+03A3 / U+03C3 / U+03C2 at the end of a word the lowercase is ς (U+03C2) |
| Τ | τ | Tau | U+03A4 / U+03C4 |
| Υ | υ | Upsilon | U+03A5 / U+03C5 |
| Φ | φ | Phi | U+03A6 / U+03C6 |
| Χ | χ | Chi | U+03A7 / U+03C7 |
| Ψ | ψ | Psi | U+03A8 / U+03C8 |
| Ω | ω | Omega | U+03A9 / U+03C9 |
| Currency | Character |
|---|---|
| ฿ | Baht (Thai) |
| ¢ ￠ | Cent |
| ﹩$ ＄ | Dollar |
| € ₠ | Euro/EU |
| £ ￡ | Pound Sterling |
| ¤ | Gen currency |
| ₨ ৳ | Rupee |
| ₩ ￦ | Won |
| ¥ ￥ | Yen |
| Uppercase | Lowercase | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Description | Symbol | Description |
| À | A grave | à | a grave |
| Á | A acute | á | a acute |
| Â | A circumflex | â | a circumflex |
| Ã | A tilde | ã | a tilde |
| Ä | A umlaut | ä | a umlaut |
| Ç | C cedilla | ç | c cedilla |
| È | E grave | è | e grave |
| É | E acute | é | e acute |
| Ê | E circumflex | ê | e circumflex |
| Ë | E umlaut | ë | e umlaut |
| Ì | I grave | ì | i grave |
| Í | I acute | í | i acute |
| Î | I circumflex | î | i circumflex |
| Ï | I umlaut | ï | i umlaut |
| Ñ | N tilde | ñ | n tilde |
| Ò | O grave | ò | o grave |
| Ó | O acute | ó | o acute |
| Ô | O circumflex | ô | o circumflex |
| Õ | O tilde | õ | o tilde |
| Ö | O umlaut | ö | o umlaut |
| Š | S caron | š | s caron |
| Ú | U acute | ú | u acute |
| ù | u grave | Ù | U grave |
| Û | U circumflex | û | u circumflex |
| Ü | U umlaut | ü | u umlaut |
| Ý | Y acute | ý | y acute |
| Ÿ | Y umlaut | ÿ | y umlaut |
| Ž | Z caron | ž | z caron |
| ´ | Acute | ||
| ˆ | Circumflex | ¸ | Cedilla |
| ^ | Caret | ||
| ` | Grave | ||
| ˜ | Tilde | ∼ | Tilde operator (Math) |
| ¨ | Umlaut/Dieresis | ||
| ¦ | Broken vertical bar | § | Section |
On Apple Mac:
Diacritical marks can be added to some characters by prefixing with an Option key:
Ácute =Option+e
Circumflex = Option+i
Grave=Option+`
Tilde=Option+n
Ümlaut = Option+uFor example Option+i, A will produce Â
Also Cedilla '¸' = Option+c and Eszett 'ß' = Option+s
In Windows to input a 4 digit decimal ISO/IEC code, hold down the ALT key, type e.g. 0164 on the numeric keypad, then release ALT.
In bash type echo $'\xNN' where NN is a two digit (hex) unicode, this covers the Hex values 20 to 7e as shown below:
<space>!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789 :;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ [\]^_` abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ Plus the alphabet A-Z,a-z and 0-9
bash will also accept the following special characters with Alt-key and Alt-Shift-key combinations:
¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾ ¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓ ÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ ÜÝ Þßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïð ñòóôõö÷ø ùúûüýþÿ
(equivalent to Hex A1-FF)
“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Related:
Unicode Apostrophe, Currency, Dashes, fractions.
Unicode input utility for Windows (FileFormat.info)
FileFormat.info - Unicode characters
Unicode characters - Wikipedia