U+1F41 "ὁ" Greek Small Letter Omicron with Dasia Unicode Character

U+1F41 "ὁ" Greek Small Letter Omicron with Dasia is a polytonic Greek vowel representing the letter omicron combined with a dasia, or rough breathing mark, which indicates an initial /h/ sound in Ancient Greek. This character is used primarily in scholarly editions of classical texts, where it appears as the masculine singular nominative form of the definite article "the" before vowels, such as in phrases like "ὁ ἀνήρ" meaning "the man." Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates accurate digital representation of ancient Greek orthography, preserving the historical distinction between smooth and rough breathing essential for proper pronunciation and grammatical analysis.