Kha with hook

Kha with hook (Ӽ ӽ; italics: Ӽ ӽ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.^[1] In Unicode, this letter is called "Ha with hook".^[1] Its form is derived from the Cyrillic Kha (Х х Х х) by adding a hook to the right leg.

Writing systemCyrillic

TypeAlphabetic

Sound values/χ/, /ɣ/

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Kha with hook
Ӽ ӽ
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	/χ/, /ɣ/
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Kha with hook is used in the alphabets of the Itelmen and Nivkh languages, where it represents the voiceless uvular fricative /χ/, like the Scottish ch in loch, but harder. Kha with hook is also used in the Aleut language (Bering dialect).^[2] It is the thirty-ninth letter of the modern Aleut alphabet. In Eastern Khanty's Vakh-Vasyugan dialect it represents the /ɣ/ sound. ^[3]

The letter Kha with descender (Ҳ ҳ Ҳ ҳ) is sometimes used for this sound instead because of letter font support.