U+1F35 "" Greek Small Letter Iota with Dasia and Oxia Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+1F35 "" Greek Small Letter Iota with Dasia and Oxia is a historical polytonic Greek letter that combines three distinct features: the base iota letter, a rough breathing mark called dasia that indicates an initial "h" sound, and an acute accent known as oxia that signifies a high pitch or stress. This character originates from the classical Greek writing system, where polytonic diacritics were used to represent the ancient pronunciation of vowels, though modern monotonic Greek has largely simplified such markings. Primarily appearing in scholarly texts, editions of ancient literature, and liturgical works, "ἵ" can be found in words like “ἵστημι” (to stand) or “ἵππος” (horse), serving as a precise orthographic tool for preserving the phonetic details of the Greek language.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ἵ
HTML Hex Encoding
ἵ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xBC 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1F35
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001F35
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1f35