Pe with middle hook (Ҧ ҧ; italics:
''Ҧ ҧ'') 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, ...
. 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 ( ; ), 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 represented the
aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive
The voiceless bilabial plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in most spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is p.
Features
Features of ...
, 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 15.0 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 ...
References
Unicode.org Notes on Abkhaz
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Cyrillic letters with diacritics
Letters with hook