῾

῾ U+1FFE, ῾
GREEK DASIA
[unassigned: U+1FFF]
← ´
[U+1FFD]
Greek Extended   →
[U+2000]
◌̔ U+0314, ̔
COMBINING REVERSED COMMA ABOVE
← ◌̓
[U+0313]
Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̕ →
[U+0315]

Translingual

Symbol

῾

  1. rough breathing, dasia

See also

Ancient Greek

A gray lowercase alpha with a red rough breathing.

Etymology

From a small version of the letter heta (Ͱ) written over the letter as a diacritical mark.

Diacritical mark

῾ • (h)

  1. A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called δασεῖα (daseîa, “rough”) in Ancient Greek, and found on Ἁ (Ha)/ἁ (ha), Ἑ (He)/ἑ (he), Ἡ (Hē)/ἡ (hē), Ἱ (Hi)/ἱ (hi), Ὁ (Ho)/ὁ (ho), Ῥ (Rh)/ῥ (rh), Ὑ (Hu)/ὑ (hu) and Ὡ (Hō)/ὡ (hō). It is also known by its Latin name spīritus asper or the English name rough breathing. It was originally used to indicate the presence of the sound /h/ before a vowel or /r/ but continued to be used even after /h/ had disappeared from the language.

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