Turned v

"ʌ" redirects here; not to be confused with ∧, λ, 人, ㅅ, ^, or Л.

For the sound with this symbol in the IPA, see open-mid back unrounded vowel.

Turned v (majuscule: Ʌ, minuscule: ʌ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, based on a turned form of the letter V.

Ʌ
Ʌ ʌ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and Logographic
Sound values	[ʌ]
In Unicode	U+0245, U+028C
Other
Writing direction	Left-to-Right
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.

It is used in the orthographies of Dan, Ch’ol, Nankina, Northern Tepehuán, Temne, Oneida, and Wounaan and also some orthographies of Ibibio.^[1]

Its lowercase is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent an open-mid back unrounded vowel, the vowel in plus in many dialects of English.

Despite the similarity in appearance, the letter has no connection to the Greek Λ or Cyrillic Л.

Character encoding

Character information

Preview	ʌ		Ʌ
Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED V		LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TURNED V
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	652	U+028C	581	U+0245
UTF-8	202 140	CA 8C	201 133	C9 85
Numeric character reference	ʌ	ʌ	Ʌ	Ʌ

Related characters

Descendants and related letters in the Latin alphabet

• ʌ with diacritics: ʌ́ ʌ̀
• ᶺ : Modifier letter small turned v is used in phonetic transcription^[2]

See also

Similar symbols:

• Caron
• Caret
• Circumflex
• Logical conjunction
• Chevron (insignia)