The Greek alphabet |
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| Αξία | Γράμματα | Όνομα | Ancient | Modern | Unicode U+ | ||||
| 1 | Α | α | Α | α | άλφα | alpha | alfa | 0391 | 03B1 |
| 2 | Β | β | Β | β | βήτα | bēta | vīta | 0392 | 03B2 |
| ϐ | ϐ | 03D0 | |||||||
| 3 | Γ | γ | Γ | γ | γάμμα | gamma | ğamma | 0393 | 03B3 |
| 4 | Δ | δ | Δ | δ | δέλτα | delta | ðelta | 0394 | 03B4 |
| 5 | Ε | ε | Ε | ε | έψιλον | epsilon | epsilon | 0395 | 03B5 |
| ϵ | ϵ | 03F5 | |||||||
| 6 | Ϝ | ϝ | Ϝ | ϝ | δίγαμμα | digamma | — | 03DC | 03DD |
| 7 | Ζ | ζ | Ζ | ζ | ζήτα | (d)zēta | zīta | 0396 | 03B6 |
| 8 | Η | η | Η | η | ήτα | ēta | īta | 0397 | 03B7 |
| 9 | Θ | θ | Θ | θ | θήτα | thēta | þīta | 0398 | 03B8 |
| ϑ | ϑ | 03D1 | |||||||
| 10 | Ι | ι | Ι | ι | ιώτα | iōta | iōta | 0399 | 03B9 |
| ϳ | ϳ | γιώτα | jōta | — | 03F3 | ||||
| 20 | Κ | κ | Κ | κ | κάππα | kappa | kappa | 039A | 03BA |
| ϰ | ϰ | 03F0 | |||||||
| 30 | Λ | λ | Λ | λ | λάμ(β)δα λάμβδα λάμδα |
lambda | lamða | 039B | 03BB |
| 40 | Μ | μ | Μ | μ | μυ | mü | my | 039C | 03BC |
| 50 | Ν | ν | Ν | ν | νυ | nü | ny | 039D | 03BD |
| 60 | Ξ | ξ | Ξ | ξ | ξι | xi = ksi | xi = ksi | 039E | 03BE |
| 70 | Ο | ο | Ο | ο | όμικρον | omikron | omikron | 039F | 03BF |
| 80 | Π | π | Π | π | πι | pi | pi | 03A0 | 03C0 |
| ϖ | ϖ | 03D6 | |||||||
| 90 | Ϙ | ϙ | Ϙ | ϙ | κόππα ϙόππα |
koppa qoppa |
— | 03D8 | 03D9 |
| 100 | Ρ | ρ | Ρ | ρ | ρω | rhō, hrō | rō | 03A1 | 03C1 |
| ϱ | ϱ | 03F1 | |||||||
| 200 | Σ | σ | Σ | σ | σίγμα | sigma | siğma | 03A3 | 03C3 |
| ς | ς | τελικό σ | teliko s. | teliko s. | 03C2 | ||||
| 300 | Τ | τ | Τ | τ | ταυ | tau | tav | 03A4 | 03C4 |
| 400 | Υ | υ | Υ | υ | ύψιλον | üpsilon | ypsilon | 03A5 | 03C5 |
| ϒ | ϒ | 03D2 | |||||||
| 500 | Φ | φ | Φ | φ | φι | phi | fi | 03A6 | 03C6 |
| ϕ | ϕ | 03D5 | |||||||
| 600 | Χ | χ | Χ | χ | χι | khi | chi | 03A7 | 03C7 |
| 700 | Ψ | ψ | Ψ | ψ | ψι | psi | psi | 03A8 | 03C8 |
| 800 | Ω | ω | Ω | ω | ωμέγα | ōmega | ōmeğa | 03A9 | 03C9 |
| 900 |
Ϡ |
ϡ |
Ϡ |
ϡ |
σαμπί δίσιγμα |
sampi disigma |
— |
03E0 |
03E1 |
The classical Greek alphabet consists of 24 letters and several digraphs:
| δίγραμμα | αι | αυ | ει | ευ | οι | ου | γγ | γκ | γξ | γχ | γι | γκ- | μπ- | ντ- |
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| ancient | ai | au | ei | eu | oi | u | ŋg | ŋk | ŋks | ŋkh | ||||
| modern | e | av | i | ev | i | u | ŋg | ŋg | ŋch | j | g- | b- | d- |
Archaic letter 6 denotes ‹w›.
Archaic letter 90 denotes ‹q›.
Further reading
Greek Unicode issues
Andreas Prilop
12 December 2011