U+1FDD "" Greek Dasia and Varia Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+1FDD "" Greek Dasia and Varia is a combining diacritical mark used in polytonic Greek orthography to represent a specific breath and accent pattern on a vowel or a rho. It combines the dasia (rough breathing) which indicates an initial "h" sound with the varia (grave accent) which indicates a lower or falling pitch. This character is typically placed over the initial letter of a word that begins with a vowel or a rho, signaling both the aspiration and a particular tonal quality in ancient Greek pronunciation. It is distinct from other combining combinations like the dasia and oxia, as the varia accent modifies the syllable's tone differently.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
῝
HTML Hex Encoding
῝
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xBF 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1FDD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001FDD
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1fdd