Ͱ

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See also: [U+A7F5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED HALF H]

Ͱ U+0370, Ͱ
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER HETA
◌ͯ
[U+036F]
Greek and Coptic ͱ
[U+0371]

U+2C75, Ⱶ
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER HALF H

[U+2C74]
Latin Extended-C
[U+2C76]

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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A variant of the letter Η (Ē) (eta), of which it retains the original sound value of /h/.

Letter

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Ͱ (H) (upper case, lower case ͱ)

  1. A variant uppercase letter for heta (ἧτα), used to represent the /h/ sound.

See also

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Latin

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Etymology

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Created by the Roman Emperor Claudius.

Letter

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Ͱ (lower case )

  1. Used to represent the so called sonus medius, a short vowel sound between U and I before labial consonants in Latin words such as ⟨OPTͰMUS⟩ for optumus and optimus, later used as a variant of Y in inscriptions for Greek upsilon (as in ⟨OLͰMPICUS⟩ for Olympicus), possibly inspired by an early form of the spiritus asper.
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