Vev (Armenian letter)

Vev or Vew (majuscule: Վ; minuscule: վ; Armenian: վո) is the 30th letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiced labiodental fricative (/v/), similar to the English v sound as in village. It is typically romanized with the letter V.^[1] It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century CE.

Vev
Վ վ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	[v]
In Unicode	U+054E, U+057E
Alphabetical position	30
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	3000
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.

In the Armenian numeral system, it has a value of 3000.^[2]

Use in Wikipedia logo

The logo of Wikipedia features the uppercase letter Vev, alongside several other characters from different alphabets.^[3] The letter is visible near the upper left corner of the globe on the Wikipedia logo.

Gallery

Various historic fonts

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  Rounded Erkat'agir
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  Angular Erkat'agir
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  Bolorgir
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  Notrgir
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  Shghagir
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  Typographic form
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  Handwritten form

Character codes

Character information

Preview	Վ		վ
Unicode name	ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER VEW		ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER VEW
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1358	U+054E	1406	U+057E
UTF-8	213 142	D5 8E	213 190	D5 BE
Numeric character reference	Վ	Վ	վ	վ

See also

• Armenian alphabet
• Se, the letter preceding Vev in the Armenian alphabet
• Tyun, the letter following Vev in the Armenian alphabet