Ho (Armenian letter)

Ho (majuscule: Հ; minuscule: հ; Armenian: հո) is the sixteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless glottal fricative (/h/). It is typically romanized with the letter H. It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century CE. In the Armenian numeral system, it has a value of 70.

Ho
Հ հ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Phonetic usage[h]
Unicode codepointU+0540, U+0570
Alphabetical position16
Numerical value: 70
History
Development
  • Հ հ
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers70
Writing directionLeft-to-Right


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