Sho (letter)

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Greek alphabet
Αα	Alpha	Νν	Nu
Ββ	Beta	Ξξ	Xi
Γγ	Gamma	Οο	Omicron
Δδ	Delta	Ππ	Pi
Εε	Epsilon	Ρρ	Rho
Ζζ	Zeta	Σσς	Sigma
Ηη	Eta	Ττ	Tau
Θθ	Theta	Υυ	Upsilon
Ιι	Iota	Φφ	Phi
Κκ	Kappa	Χχ	Chi
Λλ	Lambda	Ψψ	Psi
Μμ	Mu	Ωω	Omega
Obsolete letters
	Digamma		Qoppa
	San		Sampi
Other characters
	Stigma		Sho
	Heta
Greek diacritics

Sho (Ϸ) was a letter added to the Greek alphabet in order to write the Bactrian language^[1]. It probably represented a sound similar to English "sh" (IPA: /ʃ/). The name "sho" is modern; its Bactrian name is unknown, as is its order in the Bactrian alphabet.

It is similar in appearance to the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic Latin alphabet thorn (þ).

[edit] Computer encoding

Sho was added to Unicode in version 4.0 (2003), in an uppercase and lowercase character designed for modern typography.

Appearance	Code points	Name
Ϸ	U+03F7	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SHO
ϸ	U+03F8	GREEK SMALL LETTER SHO

[edit] References

1. ^ Everson, M. and Sims-Williams, N. (2002) “Proposal to add two Greek letters for Bactrian to the UCS”，ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N2411.