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.

Writing systemCyrillic

TypeAlphabetic

Sound valuesʁ

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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.

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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.