Eta (letter)

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Eta uc lc.svg
Common letters
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
Uncommon letters
Greek Digamma normal.svg Digamma Qoppa Q-and-Z-shaped.svg Qoppa
Greek San straight.svg San Greek Sampi 2 shapes.svg Sampi
Other letters
Greek Stigma.svg Stigma Bactrian Sho.svg Sho
Greek Eta tack.svg Heta

Greek alphabet


Eta (uppercase/lowercase Η η) is a letter of the Greek alphabet. In very early Greek writing it stood for the consonant sound "h", but in classical Greek it stood for a long vowel "e". In Modern Greek, it is pronounced as "i". In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 8. Letters that came from it include the Roman H and Cyrillic И.