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Ơ

Latin letter O with horn

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Ơ (lowercase ơ) is one of the 12 Vietnamese language vowels. It represents the sound [ə], the schwa.

As with most special Vietnamese letters, this letter is not well-supported by fonts and is often typed as either o+ or o*. The VIQR standard is o+.

On the Windows default Vietnamese keyboard Ơ can be found on where the ] key is on a US English keyboard layout.

Because Vietnamese is a tonal language this letter may optionally have any one of the five tonal symbols above or below it, as in phở.

  • Ờ ờ
  • Ớ ớ
  • Ở ở
  • Ỡ ỡ
  • Ợ ợ

Ơ and Ư were in the past used for Thai Romanization, but are now written as oe and ue.

01Character mappings

Character information
PreviewƠơ
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH HORN LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH HORN LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH HORN AND GRAVE LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH HORN AND GRAVE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode416U+01A0417U+01A17900U+1EDC7901U+1EDD
UTF-8198 160C6 A0198 161C6 A1225 187 156E1 BB 9C225 187 157E1 BB 9D
Numeric character referenceƠƠơơỜỜờờ
VISCII180B4189BD15096182B6
Character information
Preview
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH HORN AND ACUTE LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH HORN AND ACUTE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH HORN AND HOOK ABOVE LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH HORN AND HOOK ABOVE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode7898U+1EDA7899U+1EDB7902U+1EDE7903U+1EDF
UTF-8225 187 154E1 BB 9A225 187 155E1 BB 9B225 187 158E1 BB 9E225 187 159E1 BB 9F
Numeric character referenceỚỚớớỞỞởở
VISCII14995190BE15197183B7
Character information
Preview
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH HORN AND TILDE LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH HORN AND TILDE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH HORN AND DOT BELOW LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH HORN AND DOT BELOW
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode7904U+1EE07905U+1EE17906U+1EE27907U+1EE3
UTF-8225 187 160E1 BB A0225 187 161E1 BB A1225 187 162E1 BB A2225 187 163E1 BB A3
Numeric character referenceỠỠỡỡỢỢợợ
VISCII179B3222DE14894254FE
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