Greek Small Letter Pi vs Minus Sign
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Property Comparison
| Property | π 03C0 | − 2212 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Greek Small Letter Pi | Minus Sign |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Greek and Coptic | Mathematical Operators |
| Script | Grek | Zyyy |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Bidirectional | L | ES |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 03C0 | 2212 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+03C0 | U+2212 |
| HTML Decimal | π | − |
| HTML Hex | π | − |
| CSS | \03C0 | \2212 |
| JavaScript | \u{3C0} | \u{2212} |
| Python | \u03c0 | \u2212 |
| UTF-8 | cf 80 | e2 88 92 |
How to Distinguish
Both Greek Small Letter Pi and Minus Sign 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()
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