γ

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Jump to: navigation, search

Unicode name

GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA

Codepoint

β ←

Greek and Coptic

→ δ

See also Appendix:Variations of “g”, and Appendix:Variations of “c”

[edit] Translingual

γ

See gamma for the name of this letter in other languages.

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Γ, from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (“gimel”).

γ (lowercase, uppercase Γ)

Lower-case gamma, the third letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was γάμμα and it represented a voiced velar stop: /ɡ/; before velars, it represented a velar nasal: /ŋ/. It is preceded by β and followed by δ.
Lower-case gamma, the third letter of the modern Greek alphabet. Its name is γάμμα or γάμα and it represents either a voiced velar fricative: /ɣ/ or a voiced palatal fricative: /ʝ/; before velars, it represents a velar nasal: /ŋ/. It is preceded by β and followed by δ.

Greek script: Α α Β β Γγ 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 ϖ Ρ ρ Σ σ ς Τ τ Υ υ Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω