Greek Small Letter Mu

Greek Small Letter Mu is a Greek-alphabet character used both for writing the modern Greek language and, more commonly online, as mathematical or scientific notation — for constants, variables, angles, and units across physics, engineering, and statistics.

Unicode block: Greek and Coptic (U+0370–U+03FF). This block encodes the modern Greek alphabet alongside Coptic letters. Greek letters have been borrowed into mathematics, physics, and engineering notation for centuries, which is why you'll see them constantly outside actual Greek-language text.

At Unicode code point U+03BC (decimal 956), Greek Small Letter Mu is the 68th of 135 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, it has a documented Mac keyboard shortcut, though no legacy Windows Alt code (Windows Alt codes only cover the original 0–255 codepage range) — Windows users generally rely on copy-paste for it. Regardless of platform, clicking the copy button above places the exact character on your clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts Unicode text.

💡 Good to know: Fraternity and sorority names in the US use Greek letters extensively — this is one of the most common non-mathematical uses of this character online.