Kha with descender

Kha with descender
Ҳ ҳ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values/ħ/, /h/
History
Development
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Kha with descender (Ҳ ҳ; italics: Ҳ ҳ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In Unicode, this letter is called "Ha with descender". Its form is derived from the Greek letter Chi and Cyrillic letter Kha (Х х Х х).

Kha with descender is used in the alphabet of the following languages:

LanguagePronunciationPosition in alphabetRomanizationNotes
Abkhaz/ħ/40thh
Karakalpak/h/31sthuntil 2016, when a new Latin alphabet was introduced.
Shughni /h/ 36th h
Tajik/h/28thh
Uzbek/h/Finalhuntil 1992, when a Latin alphabet was introduced, though Cyrillic is still used to this day.
Wakhi /h/ 35th h (Latin equivalent)

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewҲҳ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
HA WITH DESCENDER
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
HA WITH DESCENDER
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1202U+04B21203U+04B3
UTF-8210 178D2 B2210 179D2 B3
Numeric character referenceҲҲҳҳ

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved 2011-05-17.