Shha with hook explained

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Shha with hook, also referred to as Heng, is a letter of the Cyrillic script formerly used in some alphabets in Kabardian and a 1908 alphabet for Chechen.^[1]

Use

Shha with hook was used in the Kabardian alphabet of in 1865, the alphabet of Lev Lopatinsky in 1890, and the alphabet of in 1906.

Computing codes

This letter has not yet been added to Unicode.

See also

• Ꜧ ꜧ - Heng
  • Һ һ - Shha Ԧ ԧ - Shha with descender
• Kabardian language
• Cyrillic script

Sources

• Book: Атажукиным, Кази . Кабардинская азбука . Военно-Походной типографии Главного Штаба Кавказской Армии . 1865 . Тифлис . ru.
• Book: Лопатинский, Лев Григорьевич . Русско-кабардинский словарь с указателем и краткой грамматикой . 1890 . Тифлис . ru.
• Book: Тамбиев, Паго Измаилович . Кабардинская азбука . Типография Канцелярии Наместника Его Императорского Величества на Кавказе . 1906 . Тифлис . ru.

Notes and References

1. https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/nonslav.pdf