What Ԛ means
Ԛ represents [q], a k-like sound made farther back in the mouth. In Kurdish Cyrillic, this Cyrillic Q writes the sound inside words. It was modeled on Latin Q, but the two are different characters.
The letter also appears in separate older adaptations of Cyrillic. A 1912 Abkhaz Gospel sample shows it in an older Abkhaz alphabet; a 1957 Armenian–Kurdish dictionary shows its Kurdish use. Those examples establish uses in both traditions, not that one borrowed the letter from the other.
What does it mean when someone sends Ԛ?
Read it as a letter, not a reaction.
If it arrives alone, ask which word or alphabet it came from. Its shape cannot tell you which language the sender meant.
Use Ԛ when the writing system calls for this Cyrillic letter.
Replacing Latin Q with Ԛ changes the character in the text.
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Who writes Ԛ
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA letter representing [q] inside a word.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does Ԛ look like a reversed P?
The letter has more than one documented capital shape. A reversed P and a larger lowercase q can both represent Ԛ; the character stays the same.
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How to type or find Ԛ
- Search it as
- cyrillic q · kurdish q · qa · reversed p
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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