Hi, or Yi (uppercase: à; lowercase: õ; Armenian: ðë; Classical Armenian: õë) is the 21st letter of the Armenian alphabet. It is pronounced as the voiced palatal approximant [j], or the voiceless glottal fricative [h] word-initially and silent word-finally in Classical Armenian orthography. It is typically romanized with the letter H, J or Y. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 300.