Ω

Ω U+03A9, Ω GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA ← Ψ Greek and Coptic Ϊ →

Character variations

Ω U+2126, Ω OHM SIGN ← ℥ Letterlike Symbols ℧ →

Ω

1. The symbol for ohm, the unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units.

• The Unicode Standard states that Ω (U+2126 OHM SIGN) is included in Unicode only for backward compatibility reasons. Ω (U+03A9 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA) is preferred to represent ohms.

• Ω on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

The most common uppercase form is a variant of omicron (Ο), broken up at the side (), with the edges subsequently turned outward (, , , ). The alternative uppercase form, found in some typefaces, that looks like a larger version of lowercase ω, is from a digraph of two omicrons written close together.

Ω • (Ō) (uppercase, lowercase ω)

1. The letter omega (ὦ μέγα), the 24th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Ω • (O) (uppercase, lowercase ω)

1. The upper case letter omega (ωμέγα), the last letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Ω • (O)

1. The number 800 in Greek numerals.
2. The number 800,000 in Greek numerals.

see: Appendix:Greek alphabet