Kha with descender

Not to be confused with the letter Kha with hook (Ӽ).
Kha with descender
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values/ħ/, /h/

Kha with descender (Ҳ ҳ; italics: Ҳ ҳ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In Unicode, this letter is called "Ha with descender".[1] Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Kha (Х х Х х).

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

Language Pronunciation Position in alphabet Romanization Notes
Abkhaz /ħ/ 40th h
Karakalpak /h/ 31st h until 2016, when a new Latin alphabet was introduced.
Shughni /h/ 36th h
Tajik /h/ 28th h
Uzbek /h/ Final h until 1992, when a Latin alphabet was introduced.
Wakhi /h/ 35th h (Latin equivalent)

Computing codes

Character information
Preview Ҳ ҳ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
HA WITH DESCENDER 		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
HA WITH DESCENDER
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1202 U+04B2 1203 U+04B3
UTF-8 210 178 D2 B2 210 179 D2 B3
Numeric character reference Ҳ Ҳ ҳ ҳ

See also

References

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


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