Shha with hook (

, approximated in Unicode as Һ̡ һ̡), also referred to as
Heng, is a letter of the
Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script ( ) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, Mongolic, Uralic languages, Uralic, C ...
formerly used in some alphabets in
Kabardian and a 1908 alphabet for
Chechen.
[https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/nonslav.pdf]
Usage
File:Tambiev 1906, Кабардинская азбука, page 14.png, Kabardian alphabet with shha with hook (Tambiev, 1906).
File:Ossetian alphabet in Sjögren 1844 in cursive.jpg, Cursive 1844 Ossetian alphabet of Sjögren, with heng,
File:Ossetian alphabet in Sjögren 1844.jpg, 1844 Ossetian alphabet of Sjögren, with heng,
File:Kabardian alphabet in Lopatinsky (1890).png, Kabardian alphabet with shha with hook (Lopatinsky 1890)
File:Atazhukin alphabet, 1865.PNG, Kabardian alphabet with shha with hook (Atazhukin 1865)
Shha with hook was used in the
Kabardian alphabet of in 1865, the alphabet of
Lev Lopatinsky in 1890, and the alphabet of in 1906.
Computing codes
This letter has not yet been added to
Unicode
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See also
* Ꜧ ꜧ -
Heng
* Һ һ -
Shha
* Ԧ ԧ -
Shha with descender
Shha with descender (Ԧ ԧ; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Shha, Cyrillic letter Shha (Һ һ ''Һ һ'') by the addition of a descender to the right leg.
Shha with descender is us ...
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Kabardian language
Kabardian (), also known as , is a Northwest Caucasian languages, Northwest Caucasian language, that is widely considered to be the eastern dialect of Adyghe language, Adyghe. While some Soviet linguists have treated the two as distinct language ...
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Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script ( ) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, Mongolic, Uralic languages, Uralic, C ...
Sources
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Cyrillic letters
Letters with hook
Unencoded Cyrillic letters
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