Ge with stroke and hook

Ge with stroke and hook or descender (Ӻ ӻ; italics: Ӻ ӻ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, formed from the Cyrillic letter Ge (Г г Г г) by adding a horizontal stroke and a descender. In Unicode this letter is called "Ghe with stroke and hook".^[1] It is similar in shape to the Latin letter F with hook (Ƒ ƒ) but is unrelated.

Ge with stroke and hook
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	[ʁ]
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.

The letter is only used for the Nivkh language, where it represents the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/, like the r in French.^[2] There are two common designs: the original form with a straight descender (, ), and a variant with a hook designed by Просвещение (Enlightenment) publishing house.

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ӻ		ӻ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE AND HOOK		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE AND HOOK
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1274	U+04FA	1275	U+04FB
UTF-8	211 186	D3 BA	211 187	D3 BB
Numeric character reference	Ӻ	Ӻ	ӻ	ӻ

See also

• Г г : Cyrillic Ge
• Ғ ғ : Cyrillic Ghayn
• Ƒ ƒ : Latin letter F with hook
• Nivkh
• Cyrillic characters in Unicode