Beta symbol
Type :beta: · Greek
Unicode name Greek Small Letter Beta · Greek and Coptic block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What β is for
Second letter, second release. Also the beta coefficient in finance and the second angle in a triangle. Along with alpha it gave software its two names for "not finished yet".
How to type β
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:beta: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 03B2 with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 03B2 then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:beta: On the web
HTML β
Unicode U+03B2
JavaScript '\u{03B2}'
CSS "\03B2"
Python '\u03B2'
URL %CE%B2
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