◌̔

◌̔ U+0314, ̔ COMBINING REVERSED COMMA ABOVE ← ◌̓ [U+0313] Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̕ → [U+0315]

See also: ʽ

Ancient Greek

A gray lowercase alpha with a red rough breathing.

Etymology

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

Diacritical mark

◌̔

1. A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called δασεῖα (daseîa, “rough”) in Ancient Greek, and found on ἁ (ha), ἑ (he), ἡ (hē), ἱ (hi), ὁ (ho), ῥ (rh), ὑ (hu) and 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.

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ⸳ . ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• δασεία