O-hook

O-hook (Ҩ ҩ; italics: Ҩ ҩ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is derived from the initial form of the Arabic letter hāʾ, ⟨ه‍⟩. In the Unicode text-encoding standard, this letter is called "Abkhazian Ha".[1] Its form bears some similarities to the Greek letter Theta (Θ θ/ϑ). In English, O-hook is commonly romanized using the Latin letter O with dot below (Ọ ọ) but its ISO 9 transliteration is the Latin letter O with grave accent (Ò ò).

Cyrillic letter O-hook
Phonetic usage:[ɥ]
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА́А̀БВГҐ
ДЂЃЕЀЁЄ
ЖЗЗ́ЅИІЇ
И́ЍЙЈКЛЉ
МНЊОŌПР
СС́ТЋЌУӮ
ЎФХЦЧЏШ
ЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̄А̊А̃ӒӒ̄Ӕ
ӘӘ́Ә̃ӚВ̌ҒГ̑
Г̣Г̌ҔӺҒ̌ӶД̣
Д̆ԀӖЕ̄Е̃Ё̄Є̈
ӁҖӜҘӞЗ̌З̱
З̣ԐԐ̈ӠӢИ̃Ҋ
ӤҚӃҠҞҜК̣
ԚӅԮԒӍӉҢ
ԨӇҤО́О̀О̆О̂
О̃ӦӦ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́Ө̆
ӪҨԤР̌ҎҪС̣
С̱Т̌Т̣ҬУ̃ӰӰ́
ӲҮҮ́ҰХ̣Х̱Х̮
Х̑ҲӼӾҺҺ̈Ԧ
ҴҶӴӋҸҼҾ
Ы̆Ы̄ӸҌЭ̆Э̄Э̇
ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄
Я̆Я̄Я̈ԜӀ
Archaic letters
ꙀꙂꙄꙆꙈҀѺ
ОУꙊѠѼꙌѾꙎ
ѢꙐꙒꙔꙖѤѦ
ꙘѪꙚѨꙜѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶԘꙞꙠ
ꙢꙤꙦꙨꙪꙬꙮ
ꚘꚚԀԔԖԠԢ
ҦꚊꚀꚄꚌꚔꚎ
ꚖꚂԂԄԈԊԌ
ԎԆꚐꚈꚆꚒԞ
ԪԬГ̧Г̄

O-hook is used in the alphabet of the Abkhaz language where it represents the labial-palatal approximant /ɥ/, the sound of ⟨ui⟩ in French "huit" ([ɥi]). It is placed between O and Π in the alphabet.

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewҨҩ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
ABKHASIAN HA
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
ABKHASIAN HA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1192U+04A81193U+04A9
UTF-8210 168D2 A8210 169D2 A9
Numeric character referenceҨҨҩҩ
  • In Unicode version 1.0, the letters were called CYRILLIC CAPITAL/SMALL LETTER O HOOK.

References

  1. "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved 2011-05-13.

Further reading

  • Daniels, Peter D. The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press, 1996.
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