U+1F1A "" Greek Capital Letter Epsilon with Psili and Varia Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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U+1F1A "" Greek Capital Letter Epsilon with Psili and Varia is a precomposed polytonic Greek letter used in classical and liturgical texts, combining an epsilon (Ε) with two diacritical marks: the psili (a smooth breathing mark indicating the absence of an initial 'h' sound) and the varia (a grave accent that denotes a falling pitch). This character appears in ancient Greek orthography to precisely convey pronunciation and accentuation, often in words beginning with epsilon where the syllable carries a low or falling tone following a smooth breathing. It is rarely used in modern Greek and is primarily encountered in scholarly editions of classical works, critical texts, or religious manuscripts that preserve traditional polytonic spelling conventions.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
Ἒ
HTML Hex Encoding
Ἒ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xBC 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1F1A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001F1A
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1f1a