Ψ

Ψ U+03A8, Ψ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI ← Χ Greek and Coptic Ω →

Translingual

Symbol

Ψ

1. Sometimes used as a typographic substitute for ⟨♆⟩ (Neptune).
2. (alchemy) Mercury.

See also

• Ψ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. The Phoenician alphabet has no letter that is similar in either shape or sound. The Linear B alphabet has three similar-looking letters, 𐀂 (i), 𐀚 (ne), and 𐀩 (re), but none of them represents a sound similar to either the Eastern Greek pronunciation /ps/ or the Western Greek pronunciation /kʰ/.

Letter

Ψ • (Ps) (uppercase, lowercase ψ)

1. The letter psi (ψεῖ), the 23rd letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Derived terms

• (Cyrillic) Ѱ
• (Coptic) Ⲯ

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Letter

Ψ • (Ps) (uppercase, lowercase ψ)

1. The upper case letter psi (ψι), the 23rd letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Descendants

• Ѱ, ѱ

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• Ψ΄
• ͵Ψ