O (Armenian letter)

O or Oh (majuscule: Օ, minuscule: օ, Armenian: օ) is the 38th letter of the reformed Armenian alphabet and the 37th letter of the classical Armenian alphabet. This letter was first noticed in a text from the year 1046 at the word փափագանօք (p'ap'aganok', longing).^[1]

O
Օ օ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	[o]
In Unicode	U+0555, U+0585
Alphabetical position	38
History
Development	Ο ο Օ օ
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Unlike many Armenian letters, O has no numeric value.^[2]

It represents the /o/ sound in both Eastern and Western Armenian.^[3]

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Օ		օ
Unicode name	ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER OH		ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER OH
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1365	U+0555	1413	U+0585
UTF-8	213 149	D5 95	214 133	D6 85
Numeric character reference	Օ	Օ	օ	օ

Related characters and other similar characters

• O o : Latin letter O
• Ο ο : Greek letter Omicron