Ͱ

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

Ⱶ U+2C75, Ⱶ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER HALF H ← ⱴ [U+2C74] Latin Extended-C ⱶ → [U+2C76]

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Letter

Ͱ • (H) (upper case, lower case ͱ)

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

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet

Latin

Etymology

Created by the Roman Emperor Claudius.

Symbol

Ͱ (upper case Ⱶ, lower case ⱶ)

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 optumus and optimus, later used as a variant of y in inscriptions for Greek upsilon (as in Olympicus), possibly inspired by an early form of the spiritus asper.

Related terms

• Ⅎ ⅎ
• Ↄ ↄ