Vo (Armenian letter)

Vo (majuscule: Ո; minuscule: ո; Armenian: վո, վօ) is the twenty-fourth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 600.^[1] It was created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century AD. It represents the open-mid back rounded vowel (/ɔ/), but when it occurs isolated or word-initially, it represents /vɔ/¹. It is one of the two letters that represent the sound O, the other being Օ which was not created by Mashtots.

Vo
Ո ո
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	[ɔ] [vɔ] (word-initially or in isolated form)
In Unicode	U+0548, U+0578
Alphabetical position	24
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	600
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.

Its minuscule variant is homoglyphic to the minuscule form of the Latin letter N. In its uppercase form, it looks like a turned Latin letter U, the Lisu letter Ue (ꓵ), or the asomtavruli form of the Georgian letter ghani (Ⴖ).

As a component in U

Main article: U (Armenian letter)

See also: Hyun (Armenian letter)#As a component in U

This letter, along with Vyun (or Hiwn in Classical Armenian), is part of the Armenian U (ՈՒ Ու ու). Because the letter U is not present in Mashtots's alphabet, it uses a digraph made up of these letters.

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ո		ո
Unicode name	ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER VO		ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER VO
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1352	U+0548	1400	U+0578
UTF-8	213 136	D5 88	213 184	D5 B8
Numeric character reference	Ո	Ո	ո	ո

Gallery

Various historic fonts

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  Rounded Erkat'agir
• 
  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
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  Eastern Armenian
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  Western Armenian

Related characters and other similar characters

• O o : Latin letter O
• О о : Cyrillic letter O
• Օ օ : Armenian letter O
• ꓵ : Lisu letter Ue
• ՈՒ Ու ու : Armenian letter U
• Ⴖ : Georgian letter Ghani, in asomtavruli form

See also

• Armenian alphabet
• Mesrop Mashtots