U+1FF9 "Ό" Greek Capital Letter Omicron with Oxia Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1FF9 "Ό" Greek Capital Letter Omicron with Oxia is a precomposed variant used in polytonic Greek orthography to represent the uppercase omicron letter carrying a high pitch or acute accent, historically known as an oxia. This character is distinct from the more common combined form with a tonos and is primarily employed in scholarly texts, liturgical writings, and historical reproductions of ancient or Byzantine Greek. While modern Greek typically uses a simple monotonic system, this polytonic character helps preserve the tonal distinctions found in older manuscripts and classical literature. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures accurate digital representation and rendering of such specialized typographic needs.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+1FF9
Name
Greek Capital Letter Omicron with Oxia
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
Ό
HTML Hex Encoding
Ό
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xBF 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1FF9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001FF9
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1ff9
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Lowercase Code Point
Lowercase Code Point
Simple Case Folding
Case Folding
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Greek