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х̾
Kha with vertical tilde (Х̾ х̾) is an additional Cyrillic letter used in the 19th century in the writing of the Polish language. It is composed of the letter Kha with a vertical tilde. Usage Kha with vertical tilde was used in the writing of the Polish language, after the January Uprising and the ban on Latin letters in official documents from 1864 to 1904. The adaptation of the civil script used kha with vertical tilde as an equivalent to the Latin letter H. Computing codes Kha with vertical tilde can be represented with the following Unicode characters (Cyrillic, Combining Diacritical Marks) : See also * Tilde vertical * 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 ... * Kha References Bibliography * * * * {{Cyrillic navbox Cyri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vertical Tilde
The tilde (, also ) is a grapheme or with a number of uses. The name of the character came into English language, English from Spanish language, Spanish , which in turn came from the Latin , meaning 'title' or 'superscription'. Its primary use is as a diacritic (accent) in combination with a base letter. Its freestanding form is used in modern texts mainly to indicate approximation. History Use by medieval scribes The tilde was originally one of a variety of marks written over an omitted letter or several letters as a scribal abbreviation (a "mark of contraction"). Thus, the commonly used words ''Anno Domini'' were frequently abbreviated to ''Ao Dñi'', with an elevated terminal with a contraction mark placed over the "n". Such a mark could denote the omission of one letter or several letters. This saved on the expense of the scribe's labor and the cost of vellum and ink. Medieval European charters written in Latin are largely made up of such abbreviated words with contracti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
