diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/locales/el.txt b/icu4c/source/data/locales/el.txt
index 15c10bd3e5..7bde00707e 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/data/locales/el.txt
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/locales/el.txt
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ el {
     LocaleScript:array { 
         "Grek"  // ISO 15924 Name 
     }
-    ExemplarCharacters{"[\u03ac-\u03ce]"}
+    ExemplarCharacters{"[\u0390\u03ac-\u03ce]"}
 
     //------------------------------------------------------------
     // Rule Based Number Format Support