U+1FF2 "ῲ" Greek Small Letter Omega with Varia and Ypogegrammeni Unicode Character
U+1FF2 "ῲ" Greek Small Letter Omega with Varia and Ypogegrammeni is a precomposed character used in the polytonic orthography of ancient Greek, combining a lowercase omega (ω) with a grave accent (varia) and a subscript iota (ypogegrammeni) that appears as a small iotā beneath the letter. This specific combination is essential for accurately representing certain grammatical forms in classical texts, particularly the subjunctive mood of verbs or specific noun endings, where the grave accent indicates a low or falling pitch in pronunciation, while the ypogegrammeni signals a historical or long vowel sound. This character is part of the Greek Extended Unicode block, which was introduced to support the complex diacritical system of ancient Greek, and it is typically rendered in modern digital typography as a single glyph to preserve the traditional appearance of printed editions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1FF2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Greek Small Letter Omega with Varia and Ypogegrammeni |
| Block | Greek Extended |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ὼ" U+1F7C Greek Small Letter Omega with Varia "ͅ" U+0345 Combining Greek Ypogegrammeni |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ῲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ῲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xBF 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1FF2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001FF2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ff2 |