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Translingual
Etymology
The Greek letter Zeta with an abbreviation stroke, for Ζεύς (Zeús), the Greek equivalent to the Roman god Jupiter.[1] The form changed from Classical and early Medieval ⟨Ƶ⟩ to one with a more salient cross, ⟨♃⟩, in the 15th–16th century, at about the time that Christian crosses were added to ⟨☿⟩, ⟨♀⟩ and ⟨♄⟩, and so may have had a similar motivation.

Use of ♃ for Thursday, near the bottom of the calendar dial of this 13th-century clock tower.
Symbol
♃
Derived terms
- (astronomy): M♃ – Jovian mass (as a unit of measurement; more commonly MJ).
- R♃ – Jovian radius (more commonly RJ).
- (alchemy): 🜩 – tin ore.
Related terms
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