Capital Omega Ohm symbol
Type :capital_omega_ohm: · Greek
Unicode name Greek Capital Letter Omega · Greek and Coptic block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What Ω is for
Last letter of the Greek alphabet, and the symbol for the ohm. There is a second character that also means ohm, kept around for compatibility, and Unicode recommends this letter for both jobs.
How to type Ω
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:capital_omega_ohm: 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 03A9 with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 03A9 then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:capital_omega_ohm: On the web
HTML Ω
Unicode U+03A9
JavaScript '\u{03A9}'
CSS "\03A9"
Python '\u03A9'
URL %CE%A9
What Ω gets mistaken for
A legacy duplicate that looks the same. This is what Option + Z gives you on a Mac. Unicode normalises it to the Greek letter, so prefer the letter.
More from greek
:tau: φ :phi: ψ :psi: ω :omega: Δ :capital_delta: Σ :capital_sigma: Π :capital_pi: Φ :capital_phi: Θ :capital_theta: α :alpha: β :beta: γ :gamma: Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .
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