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Sho (letter)

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Image:Greek alphabet sho.png
Greek alphabet
Α α Alpha Ν ν Nu
Β β Beta Ξ ξ Xi
Γ γ Gamma Ο ο Omicron
Δ δ Delta Π π Pi
Ε ε Epsilon Ρ ρ Rho
Ζ ζ Zeta Σ σ ς Sigma
Η η Eta Τ τ Tau
Θ θ Theta Υ υ Upsilon
Ι ι Iota Φ φ Phi
Κ κ Kappa Χ χ Chi
Λ λ Lambda Ψ ψ Psi
Μ μ Mu Ω ω Omega
Obsolete letters
Ϝ ϝ Digamma Ϻ ϻ San
Ϙ ϙ Qoppa Ϡ ϡ Sampi
Ϛ ϛ Stigma Ϸ ϸ Sho

Sho (majuscule Ϸ, minuscule ϸ) was a letter added to the Greek alphabet in order to write the Bactrian language. It probably represented a sound similar to English "sh" (IPA: /ʃ/).

It is similar in appearance to Latin thorn (þ).

[edit] Computer encoding

Sho was added to Unicode in version 4.0 (2003).

Appearance Code points Name
Ϸ U+03F7 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SHO
ϸ U+03F8 GREEK SMALL LETTER SHO
br:Sho (lizherenn)

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