U+1F15 "ἕ" Greek Small Letter Epsilon with Dasia and Oxia Unicode Character
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U+1F15 "ἕ" Greek Small Letter Epsilon with Dasia and Oxia is a precomposed glyph used in polytonic Greek orthography, combining a smooth breathing mark known as dasia with an acute accent called oxia over the lowercase epsilon. This character represents a specific pronunciation and grammatical function in ancient and liturgical Greek texts, where the dasia indicates an initial aspiration sound similar to the English letter "h," and the oxia marks a high pitch or stress on the syllable. Historically, its use preserves the complex diacritic system of Classical Greek, helping modern scholars and readers accurately reproduce the phonetic details of words from manuscripts, inscriptions, and printed editions.
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Greek Small Letter Epsilon with Psili and Oxia
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General Properties
Code Point
U+1F15
Name
Greek Small Letter Epsilon with Dasia and Oxia
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ἕ
HTML Hex Encoding
ἕ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xBC 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1F15
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001F15
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1f15
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Greek