Pe with middle hook (Ҧ ҧ; italics:
''Ҧ ҧ'') 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 ...
. Its form is derived from the
Cyrillic letter Pe (П п) by the addition of a hook to the middle of the right leg.
Pe with middle hook was formerly used in the
Abkhaz language
Abkhaz, also known as Abkhazian, is a Northwest Caucasian languages, Northwest Caucasian language most closely related to Abaza language, Abaza. It is spoken mostly by the Abkhazians, Abkhaz people. It is one of the official languages of Abkhazi ...
, where it represented the
aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive
The voiceless bilabial plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in most Speech communication, spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is p.
F ...
, like the pronunciation of in "pack". It was the 36th letter of the alphabet, until it was replaced by .
Computing codes
See also
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Cyrillic characters in Unicode
As of Unicode version , Cyrillic script is encoded across several blocks:
* CyrillicU+0400–U+04FF 256 characters
* Cyrillic SupplementU+0500–U+052F 48 characters
* Cyrillic Extended-AU+2DE0–U+2DFF 32 characters
* Cyrillic Extended-BU+A64 ...
References
Unicode.org Notes on Abkhaz
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Cyrillic letters with diacritics
Letters with hook