Windows
2 options- In Word / Outlook: type 03BB then press Alt + X.
- Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.
Greek Small Letter Lamda Symbol
A symbol from the Math Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.
- Symbol
- λ
- Unicode
- U+03BB
- HTML entity
- λ
- Category
- Math Symbols
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About the greek small letter lamda symbol
The glyph is a lowercase Greek letter formed by a diagonal stroke descending left to right, with a shorter stroke meeting it near the top. In Greek script, it represents the voiced alveolar lateral approximant sound, functioning as the eleventh letter of the alphabet and carrying a numeric value of 30 in the ancient Greek numeral system.
In modern contexts, λ appears as a standard mathematical symbol for wavelength in physics, eigenvalues in linear algebra, and the Lebesgue measure in analysis. It is also used in chemistry to denote the decay constant in radioactive processes and in computer science to represent lambda expressions in functional programming languages.
How to type Greek Small Letter Lamda
Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.
macOS
2 options- Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 03BB.
- Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.
Linux
1 step- Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 3BB, then press Enter or Space.
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