character_table.md

julia> println(printReferenceGuide())

Reference Guide

For upper-case alphabetic letters, this library accepts upper-case versions of the beta-code equivalent, e.g. 'W' → 'Ω', or the asterisk + lower-case encoding original to beta-code, e.g. '*w' → 'Ω'.

Valid Alphabetic Characters

Note that medial- and terminal-sigmas will be handled by the transcoding.

Unicode	Beta-Code	Description
α	a	alpha (Unicode 945)
β	b	beta (Unicode 946)
γ	g	gamma (Unicode 947)
δ	d	delta (Unicode 948)
ε	e	epsilon (Unicode 949)
ζ	z	zeta (Unicode 950)
η	h	eta (Unicode 951)
θ	q	theta (Unicode 952)
ι	i	iota (Unicode 953)
κ	k	kappa (Unicode 954)
λ	l	lambda (Unicode 955)
μ	m	mu (Unicode 956)
ν	n	nu (Unicode 957)
ξ	c	xi (Unicode 958)
ο	o	omicron (Unicode 959)
π	p	pi (Unicode 960)
ρ	r	rho (Unicode 961)
σ	s	sigma (Unicode 963)
τ	t	tau (Unicode 964)
υ	u	upsilon (Unicode 965)
φ	f	phi (Unicode 966)
χ	x	chi (Unicode 967)
ψ	y	psi (Unicode 968)
ω	w	omega (Unicode 969)

Valid Diacritic Marks

Unicode	Beta-Code	Description
̀	\	grave accent (Unicode 768)
́	/	acute accent (Unicode 769)
̈	+	diaeresis (Unicode 776)
̓	)	smooth breathing (Unicode 787)
̔	(	rough breathing (Unicode 788)
͂	=	circumflex (Unicode 834)
ͅ	`	`

Valid Punctuation Characters

Unicode	Beta-Code	Description
tab	tab	tab character (Unicode 116)
return	return	carriage-return '\n' (Unicode 114)
space	space	space (Unicode 115)
"	"	quotation mark (Unicode 34)
'	'	apostrophe, mark of elision (Unicode 39)
,	,	comma (Unicode 44)
-	-	hyphen (Unicode 45)
.	.	period (Unicode 46)
:	:	colon (Unicode 58)
;	;	Greek question mark (Unicode 59)
ʹ	#	Greek numeral sign (Unicode 697)

Valid Editorial and Critical Signs

Unicode	Beta-Code	Description
/	#17	obelus (Unicode 47)
<	#18	reversed diple (Unicode 60)
>	#15	diple (Unicode 62)
¶	%163	paragraph sign (Unicode 182)
̀	#19	editorial combining grave accent (Unicode 768)
́	#9	Combining Acute Accent → editorial (Unicode 769)
̣	?	under-dot (Unicode 803)
Ͻ	#10	Reversed Lunate Sigma Symbol (Unicode 1021)
Ͼ	#16	dotted lunate sigma (Unicode 1022)
Ͽ	#11	Reversed Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol (Unicode 1023)
—	#12	obelus (Unicode 8212)
†	%	dagger/crux (Unicode 8224)
‡	%13	double dagger (Unicode 8225)
※	#13	asteriskos (Unicode 8251)
⁂	%158	asterism (Unicode 8258)
⁝	#53	tricolon (Unicode 8285)
⸎	#305	editorial coronis (Unicode 11790)
⸏	#6	paragraphos (Unicode 11791)
⸐	#8	forked paragraphos (Unicode 11792)
⸖	#14	diple periestigmene (Unicode 11798)

Valid Archaic and Esoteric Characters

Unicode	Beta-Code	Description
ͱ	#400	heta (Unicode 881)
ϙ	#3	archaic koppa (Unicode 985)
ϛ	#2	stigma (Unicode 987)
Ϟ	#4	glyph variant of archaic koppa (Unicode 990)
ϟ	#1	koppa (Unicode 991)
ϡ	#5	sampi (Unicode 993)

Valid Mathematical Symbols

Unicode	Beta-Code	Description
∞	#150	infinity (Unicode 8734)

Examples

The following examples should give an idea of the relationship between beta-code and Unicode.

Beta-Code	Unicode
mh=nin a)/eide qea\ *phlhi+a/dew *)axilh=os	μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
ou)lome/nhn, h(\ muri/' *)axaioi=s a)/lge' e)/qhke,	οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί' Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε' ἔθηκε,
polla\s d' i)fqi/mous yuxa\s *)/ai+di proi+/ayen	πολλὰς δ' ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν
h(rw/wn, au)tou\s de\ e(lw/ria teu=xe ku/nessin	ἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν
oi)wnoi=si/ te pa=si, *dio\s d' e)telei/eto boulh/,	οἰωνοῖσί τε πᾶσι, Διὸς δ' ἐτελείετο βουλή,
e)c ou(= dh\ ta\ prw=ta diasth/thn e)ri/sante	ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε
*)atrei+/dhs te a)/nac a)ndrw=n kai\ di=os *)axilleu/s.	Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς.

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