Che with hook ( Cyrillic_capital_letter_Che_with_hook

, sometimes Ч̡ ч̡, italics: ''Ч̡ ч̡'') is an

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of the letter

che with descender Che with descender (Ҷ ҷ; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Che (Ч ч ). In the ISO 9 system of romanization, Che with descender is transliterated using the Latin letter ...

(Ҷ, ҷ) in the

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. It represents a

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Usage

It has been used for the Surgut dialect of Eastern Khanty and the Tofa language.

Forms and variants

File:Cyrillic letter che with hook.svg, Form used in certain publications in Surgut Khanty or Tofalar; especially in the fonts PT Sans or PT Serif. File:Cyrillic letter che with hook (form 2).svg, Form also sometimes used in publications in Tofalar, especially Rassadin 2005.

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Related letters and other similar characters

* Ч ч : Cyrillic letter Che * У у : Cyrillic letter U * Y y : Latin letter Y Cyrillic letters with diacritics Letters with hook Unencoded Cyrillic letters {{Cyrillic-alphabet-stub