MICRO SIGN vs GREEK SMALL LETTER MU
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Property Comparison
| Property | µ U+00B5 | μ U+03BC |
|---|---|---|
| Name | MICRO SIGN | GREEK SMALL LETTER MU |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Greek and Coptic |
| Script | Zyyy | Grek |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Bidirectional | L | L |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+00B5 | U+03BC |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+00B5 | U+03BC |
| decimal | 181 | 956 |
| htmldecimal | µ | μ |
| htmlhex | µ | μ |
| css | \00B5 | \03BC |
| javascript | \u{B5} | \u{3BC} |
| python | \u00b5 | \u03bc |
| java | \u00B5 | \u03BC |
| go | \u00B5 | \u03BC |
| ruby | \u{B5} | \u{3BC} |
| rust | \u{B5} | \u{3BC} |
| ccpp | \u00b5 | \u03bc |
| urlencoded | %C2%B5 | %CE%BC |
| utf8bytes | c2 b5 | ce bc |
| utf16bebytes | 00 b5 | 03 bc |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 b5 | 00 00 03 bc |
| htmlentity | µ |
How to Distinguish
These characters may look similar but belong to different scripts and blocks. MICRO SIGN is from the Latin-1 Supplement block (Zyyy script), while GREEK SMALL LETTER MU 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()
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