LATIN SMALL LETTER O vs GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON
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Property Comparison
| Property | o U+006F | ο U+03BF |
|---|---|---|
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER O | GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON |
| Block | Basic Latin | Greek and Coptic |
| Script | Latn | Grek |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Bidirectional | L | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+006F | U+03BF |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+006F | U+03BF |
| decimal | 111 | 959 |
| htmldecimal | o | ο |
| htmlhex | o | ο |
| css | \006F | \03BF |
| javascript | \u{6F} | \u{3BF} |
| python | \u006f | \u03bf |
| java | \u006F | \u03BF |
| go | \u006F | \u03BF |
| ruby | \u{6F} | \u{3BF} |
| rust | \u{6F} | \u{3BF} |
| ccpp | \u006f | \u03bf |
| urlencoded | o | %CE%BF |
| utf8bytes | 6f | ce bf |
| utf16bebytes | 00 6f | 03 bf |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 6f | 00 00 03 bf |
How to Distinguish
These characters may look similar but belong to different scripts and blocks. LATIN SMALL LETTER O is from the Basic Latin block (Latn script), while GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON is from Greek and Coptic (Grek). Check the codepoint or encoding to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.