Ge with stroke (Ғ ғ, italics: Ғ ғ) is a Cyrillic letter which represents the letter Г with a horizontal stroke. It is also used in the Bashkir, Kazakh Cyrillic and Uzbek Cyrillic alphabets where it represents a voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/. Despite having a similar shape, it is not related to the F of the Latin alphabet. In Kazakh, this letter may also represent the voiced velar fricative /ɣ/. In the Uzbek Latin alphabet, this letter corresponds to .

The letter is also used in Bashkir, Tajik, Karakalpak, Shor, Siberian Tatar and Nivkh languages, and formerly in Azerbaijani. It is similar to the letter Ğ found in Turkish and Latin Azerbaijani alphabets.

Usage

LanguageLetter orderIPANotes
Alyutor7ɣ
Azerbaijani5ɣ~ʁReplaced by Latin Ğ in Azerbaijan, still used in Dagestan
Bashkir5ɣ~ʁ
Karakalpak6ɣReplaced by Ǵ in the Latin alphabet for Karakalpak.
Kazakh6ɣ~ʁReplaced by Ğ in the Roman-based script
Khakas5ɣ
Nivkh6ɣ
Siberian Tatar6ɣ~ʁ
Shor5ɣ
Shughni7ʁRepresented as Jh in the corresponding Latin alphabet
Tajik5ɣ~ʁRepresented as Ƣ
Uyghur6ɣ~ʁEquivalent to غ in the UEY, Gh in the ULY, and Ƣ in the UYY.
Uzbek34ɣ~ʁEquivalent to in the Uzbek Latin alphabet
Yukaghir6ʁ

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewҒғ
Unicode nameCYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GHE WITH STROKECYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1170U+04921171U+0493
UTF-8210 146D2 92210 147D2 93
Numeric character referenceҒҒғғ

See also