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CharacterName["c"]

gives the name of the character c.

CharacterName[n]

gives the name of the character with character code n.

CharacterName[c,"type"]

gives a name of the specified type.

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CharacterName

CharacterName["c"]

gives the name of the character c.

CharacterName[n]

gives the name of the character with character code n.

CharacterName[c,"type"]

gives a name of the specified type.

Details

  • Possible types include:
  • "CommonName"spelled-out English name
    "HTMLName"name in HTML
    "LongName"long form canonical name
    "StandardName"Wolfram Language standard name (if any)
    "TeXName"name in TeX
    "UnicodeName"name in Unicode standard
  • CharacterName[c] gives the Wolfram Language standard name for c if it exists, and gives the long form canonical name otherwise.
  • CharacterName["string"] gives a list of names of the characters in string.
  • CharacterName has attribute Listable.

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Basic Examples  (4)

Wolfram Language standard name:

Spelled-out character name:

Canonical form of the character name:

Character name according to the Unicode standard:

Look up character name using character code:

Character names used in TeX:

Character names used in HTML:

Possible Issues  (1)

Some characters may not have standard Wolfram Language names:

All renderable characters have common names:

Wolfram Research (2015), CharacterName, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterName.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2015), CharacterName, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterName.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "CharacterName." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterName.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). CharacterName. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterName.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_charactername, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CharacterName}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterName.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_charactername, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CharacterName}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterName.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}