Turned v

"ʌ" redirects here and is not to be confused with ∧, λ, 人, ㅅ, ^, or Л.

For the sound with this symbol in the IPA, see open-mid back unrounded vowel.

Turned v (majuscule: Ʌ, minuscule: ʌ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, based on a turned form of the letter V.

Ʌ
Ʌ ʌ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and Logographic
Sound values	[ʌ]
In Unicode	U+0245, U+028C
Other
Writing direction	Left-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

It is used in the orthographies of Dan, Ch’ol, Nankina, Northern Tepehuán, Temne, Oneida, and Wounaan and also some orthographies of Ibibio.^[1]

Its lowercase is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent an open-mid back unrounded vowel, the vowel in plus in many dialects of English.

Despite the similarity in appearance, the letter has no connection to the Greek Λ, Cyrillic Л, CJK radical 人, or Korean ㅅ.

In German and French handwriting, the numeral 1 often takes the form of a turned V, whereby the serif is extended down to the length of the main stroke.^[2]

Character encoding

Character information

Preview	ʌ		Ʌ
Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED V		LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TURNED V
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	652	U+028C	581	U+0245
UTF-8	202 140	CA 8C	201 133	C9 85
Numeric character reference	ʌ	ʌ	Ʌ	Ʌ

Related characters

Descendants and related letters in the Latin alphabet

• ʌ with diacritics: ʌ́ ʌ̀
• ᶺ : Modifier letter small turned v is used in phonetic transcription^[3]

See also

Similar symbols:

• Caron
• Caret
• Circumflex
• Logical conjunction
• Chevron (insignia)