φ

See also: Φ [U+03A6 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI], ф [U+0444 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EF], Ф [U+0424 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EF], Փ [U+0553 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER PIWR], and φ.

φ U+03C6, φ GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI ← υ [U+03C5] Greek and Coptic χ → [U+03C7]

Character variations

𝜑 U+1D711, 𝜑 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL PHI ← 𝜐 [U+1D710] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝜒 → [U+1D712]

Translingual

Etymology 1

Named by mathematician Mark Barr after Ancient Greek Φειδίας (Pheidías) (Phidias), who supposedly used the golden ratio in his work.

Symbol

φ

1. (mathematics) The golden ratio, an irrational number with a value of approximately 1.618033988 which expresses the relationship that the sum of two quantities is to the larger quantity as the larger is to the smaller.

Etymology 2

Symbol

φ

1. (mathematics) Euler's totient function, an arithmetic function that counts totatives
2. (UPA) a voiceless labiodental fricative (IPA [ɸ]).

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Φ.

Letter

φ • (ph) (lowercase, uppercase Φ)

1. Lower-case phi (φεῖ), the 21st letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive /pʰ/ and later the voiceless labiodental fricative /f/. It is preceded by υ and followed by χ.

Derived terms

See also phi

• φ΄, ͵φ
• ф, Ф (Cyrillic)
• փ, Փ, ֆ, Ֆ (Armenian)
• ⲫ, Ⲫ (Coptic)
• ɸ (IPA)
• ϕ (mathematical symbol)

See also

• (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) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Letter

φ • (f) (lowercase, uppercase Φ)

1. The lower case letter phi (φι), the 21st letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

See also

• (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) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• φ΄
• ͵φ