“Ϸ” U+03F7: Greek Capital Letter Sho

Ϸ Greek Capital Letter Sho

U+03F7
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ℹ️ About

The Greek Capital Letter Sho (Ϸ) is a historical character used to represent a specific sound in the Bactrian language, which used the Greek script. It was introduced to the Unicode standard in version 4.0. As an uppercase letter, it has a corresponding lowercase form (ϸ, U+03F8). It is primarily used by linguists and historians for archival and scholarly reproduction of ancient Bactrian texts.

⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with Þ (Latin Capital Letter Thorn, U+00DE) which looks nearly identical but belongs to a different block.

Codes

HTML Ϸ
CSS \03F7
Python \u03F7

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