O-hook
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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, . Its form bears some similarities to the Greek letter Theta (Θ θ/ ) and Latin letter Q. In the Unicode text-encoding standard, this letter is called "Abkhazian Ha". Its ISO 9 Romanization is the Latin letter O with grave accent (Ò ò). In English, O-hook is commonly romanized using the Latin letter O with dot below (Ọ ọ). O-hook is used in the Cyrillic alphabet of the Abkhaz language where it represents the labial-palatal approximant , the sound of in French " " ( ). It is placed between Ы and Џ in the Abkhaz alphabet.
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, . Its form bears some similarities to the Greek letter Theta (Θ θ/ ) and Latin letter Q. In the Unicode text-encoding standard, this letter is called "Abkhazian Ha". Its ISO 9 Romanization is the Latin letter O with grave accent (Ò ò). In English, O-hook is commonly romanized using the Latin letter O with dot below (Ọ ọ). O-hook is used in the Cyrillic alphabet of the Abkhaz language where it represents the labial-palatal approximant , the sound of in French " " ( ). It is placed between Ы and Џ in the Abkhaz alphabet. ==Computing codes== In Unicode version 1.0, the letters were called CYRILLIC CAPITAL/SMALL LETTER O HOOK . ==References== ==Further reading== Daniels, Peter D. The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press, 1996.
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