U+1F33 "ἳ" Greek Small Letter Iota with Dasia and Varia Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1F33 "ἳ" Greek Small Letter Iota with Dasia and Varia is a precomposed polytonic Greek letter representing the iota vowel combined with two diacritical marks common in ancient and liturgical Greek text: the dasia, which indicates a rough breathing or an initial "h" sound, and the varia, which denotes a falling or grave accent. This character is used primarily to preserve the exact spelling and pronunciation of classical or ecclesiastical Greek, particularly in scholarly editions and religious manuscripts. It falls within the Greek Extended Unicode block and is essential for correctly rendering and analyzing historical Greek orthography where such breathings and accents carry grammatical and phonetic significance. Unlike modern monotonic Greek, which simplifies diacritics, this letter exemplifies the rich accentual and breathing system of polytonic Greek.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ἳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ἳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0xBC 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x1F33 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00001F33 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u1f33 |
Unicode Properties