Het is the eighth letter of the Phoenician alphabet [1] .
| Phoenician letter hat | ||||||||||||
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| 𐤇 | ||||||||||||
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| Title | phoenician letter het | |||||||||||
| Unicode | U + 10907 | |||||||||||
| HTML code | 𐤇 or 𐤇 | |||||||||||
| UTF-16 | 0x10907 | |||||||||||
| URL code | % F0% 90% A4% 87 | |||||||||||
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Pronunciation
In Phoenician, the letter hat (𐤇) denotes the sound ⧼h - as “h” in English. h otel .
Origin
As is the case with all the letters of the Phoenician alphabet, according to the most common versions, the symbol is derived from the Egyptian hieroglyph. There is no unambiguous interpretation of the meaning of this symbol. Options: arrow, staircase, lotus flower, fence, wall.
Writing Options
Descendants in later alphabets
- (ancient) Greek : Η, η (this, ita) for the sounds ⧼h⧽, ⧼ɛː⧽, ⧼i⧽;
- Cyrillic : And, and and Y, Y
- Etruscan : 𐌇 read ⧼h
- Latin : H, h (ha) for sound ⧼h
- Aramaic :
- Syrian : ܚ
- Arabic : ح (xa ') and خ (ha')
- Jewish : ח (hat)
- Syrian : ܚ