O-hook (Ҩ ҩ; italics: ''Ҩ ҩ'') is a letter of the

Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic 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, ...

. It is derived from the initial form of the Arabic letter hāʾ, . In the

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text-encoding standard, this letter is called "Abkhazian Ha". Its form bears some similarities to the Greek letter Theta (Θ θ/). In

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

, O-hook is commonly

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using the Latin letter O with dot below (Ọ ọ) but its

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transliteration is the Latin letter O with grave accent (Ò ò). O-hook is used in the alphabet of the

Abkhaz language Abkhaz ( ; ), sometimes spelled Abxaz and also known as Abkhazian, is a Northwest Caucasian language most closely related to Abaza. It is spoken mostly by the Abkhaz people. It is one of the official languages of Abkhazia, where around 100,00 ...

where it represents the

labial-palatal approximant A labio-palatalized sound is one that is simultaneously labialization, labialized and Palatalization (phonetics), palatalized. Typically the roundedness is compressed, like , rather than protruded like . The symbol in the International Phonetic Al ...

, the sound of in French "" (). It is placed between Ы and Џ in the alphabet.

Computing codes

* In Unicode version 1.0, the letters were called CYRILLIC CAPITAL/SMALL LETTER O HOOK.

Computing codes

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