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   September 2024
  - Unicode 15.0 update.




GREEK SMALL LETTER PI character


Name:
GREEK SMALL LETTER PI
Hex Number:
U+03C0
Decimal Number:
960
HTML Entity (Dec):
π
HTML Entity (Hex):
π
Category:
Ll (Lowercase Letter)
Bidi Class:
L (Left-to-Right)
Mirrored:
N
Combining Class:
0
Unicode Block:
Greek and Coptic
Plane:
0
Plane Code:
BMP
Plane Description:
Basic Multilingual Plane
Plane Range:
0000-FFFF
Character Preview:
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GREEK SMALL LETTER PI is a lowercase letter from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of GREEK SMALL LETTER PI is Left-to-Right (Strong). It belongs to the strong left-to-right characters..

The Left-to-Right (L) bidi class is assigned to characters that are written from left to right. This includes most alphabetic characters from Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and other scripts that are typically written in this direction. The presence of L characters in a text influences the overall text directionality in bidirectional contexts.

Lowercase Letter (Ll) refers to characters that are lowercase in a bicameral script. These include lowercase letters in scripts like Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and others. Lowercase letters are typically used for most of the text in a language that has case distinction.

This character belongs to the Greek and Coptic block. The Greek and Coptic block contains characters for writing the Greek language, both ancient and modern, as well as the Coptic language, which was used in Egypt from the 1st century AD until the 17th century. The Greek alphabet is one of the oldest scripts still in use and has been crucial in the development of the alphabetic writing system. This block includes all the necessary letters for writing classical and modern Greek, as well as diacritical marks and punctuation used in these languages. The Coptic characters are used primarily in liturgical contexts by the Coptic Orthodox Church..





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