Ka with hook
Ka with hook (Ӄ ӄ; italics: Ӄ ӄ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is formed from the Cyrillic letter Ka (К к) by the addition of a hook.
Ka with hook is widely used in the alphabets of Siberia and the Russian Far East: Chukchi, Koryak, Alyutor, Itelmen, Yukaghir, Yupik, Aleut, Nivkh and Selkup languages, where it represents the voiceless uvular plosive /q/. It has been sometimes used in the Khanty language as a subtitute for Cyrillic letter Ka with descender, Қ қ, which also stands for /q/.
Computing codes
Character | Ӄ | ӄ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KA WITH HOOK | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KA WITH HOOK | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 1219 | U+04C3 | 1220 | U+04C4 |
UTF-8 | 211 131 | D3 83 | 211 132 | D3 84 |
Numeric character reference | Ӄ | Ӄ | ӄ | ӄ |
See also
Other Cyrillic letters used to write the sound /q/:
- Ҡ ҡ : Cyrillic letter Bashkir Qa
- Ԟ ԟ : Cyrillic letter Aleut Ka
- Ԛ ԛ : Cyrillic letter Qa
- Cyrillic characters in Unicode
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