Capital Omega Ohm symbol
Type :capital_omega_ohm: · Greek
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
What Ω gets mistaken for
ohm sign
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
:alpha: β :beta: γ :gamma: δ :delta: ε :epsilon: θ :theta: λ :lambda: μ :mu_micro: π :pi: σ :sigma: τ :tau: φ :phi: Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .
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