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The or Es with Descender (Ҫ ҫ; italics: Ҫ ҫ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. The name the is pronounced [θɛ], like the pronunciation of ⟨the⟩ in "theft". In Unicode, this letter is called "Es with descender".[1] In Chuvash, it looks identical to the Latin letter C with cedilla (Ç ç Ç ç). Occasionally, it also has the hook diacritic curved rightward like an ogonek, as in the SVG image shown in the sidebar. In many fonts, the character hooks to the left.[1]
The is used in the alphabets of the Bashkir, Chuvash, Enets and Nganasan languages.[1]
- In Bashkir, it represents the voiceless dental fricative /θ/ (th as in thin).
- In Chuvash, it represents the voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative /ɕ/ (somewhat like sh as in ship).
- In Enets, it represents the voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative /ɕ/ (pronunciation above).
- In Nganasan, it represents the voiceless dental fricative /θ/ (pronunciation above).
It is usually romanized as 'ś', 'ş', 'θ' or 'þ'.
Computing codes
| Preview | Ҫ | ҫ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ES WITH DESCENDER |
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ES WITH DESCENDER | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1194 | U+04AA | 1195 | U+04AB |
| UTF-8 | 210 170 | D2 AA | 210 171 | D2 AB |
| Numeric character reference | Ҫ |
Ҫ |
ҫ |
ҫ |
See also
- С с : Cyrillic letter Es
- Ѳ ѳ : Cyrillic letter Fita, pronounced in Russian as "Ф" [f], which replaced it in the 1918 alphabet reform, and derived from the Greek letter theta, classically pronounced as a voiceless dental fricative [θ], but sounding like [f] in Byzantine Greek, which influenced East Slavic languages the most
- С̈ с̈ : Cyrillic letter Es with diaresis, replaced by this letter
- Cyrillic characters in Unicode
References
- ^ a b c "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
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