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Also known as Ϝ

Digamma or wau (uppercase: Ϝ, lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet. It originally stood for the sound but it has remained in use principally as a Greek numeral for 6. Whereas it was originally called waw or wau, its most common appellation in classical Greek is digamma; as a numeral, it was called episēmon during the Byzantine era and is now known as stigma after the Byzantine ligature combining σ-τ as ϛ.

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Digamma is an ancient Greek letter that was originally used to represent a particular sound but eventually fell out of everyday use in the language. Today, it survives mainly as a Greek numeral representing the number 6, and has been called by various names throughout history, including "wau," "digamma," and "stigma."

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Ζ
Follows
E
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Greek letter digamma on font lines.svg
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Digamma (letter)
Unicode character
ϝ
different from
F/f
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