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Cyrillic letter O-hook
Phonetic usage:[ɥ]
Derived from: Arabic letter hāʾ (ھ)
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
А А̀ А̂ А̄ Ӓ Б В Г
Ґ Д Ђ Ѓ Е Ѐ Е̄ Е̂
Ё Є Ж З З́ Ѕ И І
Ї Ѝ И̂ Ӣ Й Ј К
Л Љ М Н Њ О О̀ О̂
Ō Ӧ П Р С С́ Т Ћ
Ќ У У̀ У̂ Ӯ Ў Ӱ Ф
Х Ц Ч Џ Ш Щ Ъ
Ъ̀ Ы Ь Ѣ Э Ю Ю̀ Я
Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ А̊ А̃ Ӓ̄ Ӕ Ә Ә́ Ә̃
Ӛ В̌ Ԝ Г̑ Г̇ Г̣ Г̌ Г̂
Г̆ Г̈ г̊ Ҕ Ғ Ӻ Ғ̌
ғ̊ Ӷ Д́ Д̌ Д̈ Д̣ Д̆
Ӗ Е̃ Ё̄ Є̈ Ԑ Ԑ̈ Җ Ӝ
Ӂ Ж̣ Ҙ Ӟ З̌ З̣ З̆ Ӡ
И̃ Ӥ Ҋ Қ Ӄ Ҡ Ҟ Ҝ
К̣ к̊ қ̊ Ԛ Л́ Ӆ Ԯ
Ԓ Л̈ Ӎ Н́ Ӊ Ң Ԩ
Ӈ Ҥ О̆ О̃ Ӧ̄ Ө Ө̄ Ө́
Ө̆ Ӫ Ԥ П̈ Ҏ Р̌ С̌ Ҫ
С̣ С̱ Т́ Т̈ Т̌ Т̇ Т̣ Ҭ
У̃ Ӳ У̊ Ӱ̄ Ұ Ү Ү́
Х̣ Х̱ Х̮ Х̑ Х̌ Ҳ Ӽ х̊
Ӿ ӿ̊ Һ Һ̈ Ԧ Ц̌ Ц̈ Ҵ
Ҷ Ҷ̣ Ӵ Ӌ Ҹ Ч̇ Ч̣
Ҽ Ҿ Ш̣ Ы̆ Ы̄ Ӹ
Ҍ Ҩ Э̆ Э̄ Э̇ Ӭ Ӭ́ Ӭ̄
Ю̆ Ю̈ Ю̄ Я̆ Я̄ Я̈ Ӏ ʼ
ˮ
Archaic or unused letters
А̨ Б̀ Б̣ Б̱ В̀ Г̀ Г̧
Г̄ Г̓ Г̆ Ҕ̀ Ҕ̆ Ԁ Д̓
Д̀ Д̨ Ԃ Е̇ Е̨
Ж̀ Ж̑ Џ̆
Ꚅ̆ З̀ З̑ Ԅ Ԇ
Ԫ І̂ І̣ І̨
Ј̵ Ј̃ К̓ К̀ К̆ Ӄ̆
К̑ К̇ К̈ К̄ Ԟ К̂
Л̀ Ԡ Ԉ Л̑ Л̇ Ԕ
М̀ М̃ Н̀ Н̄ Н̧
Н̃ Ԋ Ԣ Н̡ Ѻ
П̓ П̀
П́ Ҧ П̧ П̑ Ҁ Ԛ̆ Р́
Р̀ Р̃ Ԗ С̀ С̈ Ԍ Ҫ̓
Т̓ Т̀ Ԏ Т̑ Т̧
Ꚍ̆ ОУ У̇
У̨ ꙋ́ Ф̑ Ф̓ Х́ Х̀ Х̆ Х̇
Х̧ Х̾ Х̓ һ̱ Ѡ Ѽ
Ѿ Ц̀ Ц́ Ц̓ Ꚏ̆
Ч́ Ч̀ Ч̆ Ч̑ Ч̓
Ԭ Ꚇ̆ Ҽ̆ Ш̀
Ш̆ Ш̑ Щ̆ Ꚗ̆ Ъ̄ Ъ̈
Ъ̈̄ Ы̂ Ы̃ Ѣ́ Ѣ̈ Ѣ̆
Э̨ Э̂ Ю̂
Я̈ Я̂ Я̨ Ԙ Ѥ Ѧ Ѫ
Ѩ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ
Ѷ

O-hook (Ҩ ҩ; italics: Ҩ ҩ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is derived from the initial form of the Arabic letter hāʾ, هـ.[ citation needed] In the Unicode text-encoding standard, this letter is called "Abkhazian Ha". [1] Its form bears some similarities to the Greek letter Theta (Θ θ/ϑ). In English, O-hook is commonly romanized using the Latin letter O with dot below (Ọ ọ) but its ISO 9 transliteration is the Latin letter O with grave accent (Ò ò).

O-hook is used in the alphabet of the Abkhaz language where it represents the labial-palatal approximant /ɥ/, the sound of ⟨ui⟩ in French " huit" ( [ɥi]). It is placed between Ы and Џ in the alphabet.

Computing codes

Character information
Preview Ҩ ҩ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
ABKHASIAN HA
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
ABKHASIAN HA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1192 U+04A8 1193 U+04A9
UTF-8 210 168 D2 A8 210 169 D2 A9
Numeric character reference Ҩ Ҩ ҩ ҩ
  • In Unicode version 1.0, the letters were called CYRILLIC CAPITAL/SMALL LETTER O HOOK.

References

  1. ^ "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved 2011-05-13.

Further reading

  • Daniels, Peter D. The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press, 1996.