Vo (Armenian letter)

Oh
Oh
Օ օ Armenian letter Oh
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Phonetic usage	[ɔ]; [vɔ] (word-initially or in isolated form)
Unicode codepoint	U+0548, U+0578
Alphabetical position	24; Numerical value: 600
History
Development	Օ օ Armenian letter Oh; ; ; ;
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	600
Writing direction	Left-to-Right
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Oh

Oh (majuscule: Օ; minuscule: օ; Armenian: օհ , օ) 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 Ո which was not created by Mashtots.

Its minuscule variant is homoglyphic to the minuscule form of the Latin letter O. In its uppercase form, it looks like a turned Latin letter O, the Lisu letter Oh (O), or the asomtavruli form of the Georgian letter Oni (Q).

As a component in U[edit]

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.