῾

῾ U+1FFE, ῾ GREEK DASIA [unassigned: U+1FFF] ← ´ [U+1FFD] Greek Extended   → [U+2000]

◌̔ U+0314, ̔ COMBINING REVERSED COMMA ABOVE ← ◌̓ [U+0313] Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̕ → [U+0315]

Translingual

Symbol

῾

1. rough breathing, dasia

See also

• ʽ (“reversed comma”)
• δασεία

Ancient Greek

A gray lowercase alpha with a red rough breathing.

Diacritical mark

῾ • (h)

1. A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called δασεῖα (daseîa, “rough”) in Ancient Greek, and found on Ἁ (Ha)/ἁ (ha), Ἑ (He)/ἑ (he), Ἡ (Hē)/ἡ (hē), Ἱ (Hi)/ἱ (hi), Ὁ (Ho)/ὁ (ho), Ῥ (Rh)/ῥ (rh), Ὑ (Hu)/ὑ (hu) and Ὡ (Hō)/ὡ (hō). It is also known by its Latin name spīritus asper or the English name rough breathing. It was originally used to indicate the presence of the sound /h/ before a vowel or /r/ but continued to be used even after /h/ had disappeared from the language.