Greek Small Letter Pi vs Large Up Tack
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Property Comparison
| Property | π 03C0 | ⟘ 27D8 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Greek Small Letter Pi | Large Up Tack |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Greek and Coptic | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A |
| Script | Grek | Zyyy |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Bidirectional | L | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 03C0 | 27D8 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+03C0 | U+27D8 |
| HTML Decimal | π | ⟘ |
| HTML Hex | π | ⟘ |
| CSS | \03C0 | \27D8 |
| JavaScript | \u{3C0} | \u{27D8} |
| Python | \u03c0 | \u27d8 |
| UTF-8 | cf 80 | e2 9f 98 |
How to Distinguish
Both Greek Small Letter Pi and Large Up Tack are in the Math Symbols category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.