Greek Dasia And Oxia Letter
῞ is the Greek Dasia and Oxia diacritic used in polytonic Greek for rough breathing plus an acute accent.
U+1FDE
῞ (Greek Dasia and Oxia) is a polytonic Greek diacritic character. It’s used in careful Greek typography to represent both breathing and accent. You can copy it directly or use its code-point forms in code and HTML.
Greek Dasia And Oxia Letter Meaning
῞ is the Unicode character named “GREEK DASIA AND OXIA” (U+1FDE). In polytonic Greek, it represents a combination of the dasia (rough breathing) and the oxia (acute accent) associated with a vowel. This makes it useful when typesetting classical/academic Greek where both breathing and accent marks matter, such as in editions, study materials, and linguistics notes. In everyday modern Greek writing, you may not encounter it, but it appears in specialized workflows that preserve historical accentuation and phonological notation.
Common uses
- •Polytonic Greek proofreading and typesetting in design software
- •Academic or educational materials that preserve breathing and accent marks
- •Publishing workflows for scanned OCR correction and text normalization
- •Linguistics notes and transcriptions requiring accurate diacritics
- •Web and UI text that must render classical Greek correctly
Examples
῞ Greek Dasia and Oxia
- ῞῞α
- ῞῞ε
- ῞῞η
- ῞῞ο
- ῞῞ω
Variations
Technical codes
| Unicode | U+1FDE | |
| HTML Entity | ῞ | |
| HTML Code | ῞ | |
| CSS | \1FDE | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 8158 | |
| Decimal | 8158 |
How to type Greek Dasia And Oxia Letter (῞)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 8158 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type 1FDE then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type 1FDE. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 1fde, then press Enter or Space.
Anywhere
Copy ῞ with the button above and paste it wherever you need it — this works on every device and in every app, with no keyboard shortcut to remember.
FAQ
What does the Greek Dasia And Oxia letter mean?
῞ is the Unicode character named “GREEK DASIA AND OXIA” (U+1FDE). In polytonic Greek, it represents a combination of the dasia (rough breathing) and the oxia (acute accent) associated with a vowel. This makes it useful when typesetting classical/academic Greek where both breathing and accent marks matter, such as in editions, study materials, and linguistics notes. In everyday modern Greek writing, you may not encounter it, but it appears in specialized workflows that preserve historical accentuation and phonological notation.
What character is ῞?
῞ is the Unicode character “GREEK DASIA AND OXIA” with code point U+1FDE.
How do I copy ῞ reliably into HTML?
Use the HTML entity: ῞.
What are the common developer code representations?
CSS escape: \\1FDE and JavaScript escape: \\u{1FDE}.
When would I use this symbol?
It’s most useful for polytonic Greek typography where rough breathing and acute accent must be represented accurately.