Ho (Armenian letter)

Ho
Հ հ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound values[h]
In UnicodeU+0540, U+0570
Alphabetical position16
History
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers70
Writing directionLeft-to-Right

Ho (majuscule: Հ; minuscule: հ; Armenian: հո, հօ) is the sixteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless glottal fricative (/h/). It is typically romanized with the letter H.[1] It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century CE. In the Armenian numeral system, it has a value of 70.[2]

Various historic fonts

Character codes

Character information
Preview Հ հ
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER HO ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER HO
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1344 U+0540 1392 U+0570
UTF-8 213 128 D5 80 213 176 D5 B0
Numeric character reference Հ Հ հ հ

See also

References

  1. ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF). Retrieved 1 Feb 2023.
  2. ^ "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 1 Feb 2023.
  • Հ on Wiktionary
  • հ on Wiktionary
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