What ӿ means
ӿ writes Nivkh’s h-like sound. Slashes show a sound, not letters to type. Nivkh also uses Х for /x/ and ӽ for /χ/: these are distinct sounds, and substituting ӿ for Х can change a word.
Nivkh literacy took shape in stages
Nivkh vocabulary material was published by 1857. The first Amur alphabet was developed in 1931, followed by a Latin primer in 1932. A switch to Cyrillic was decided in 1937; a further Cyrillic alphabet followed in 1953, then Amur and Sakhalin versions in 1979. The work supported teaching and publishing in Nivkh.
In Nivkh, ӿ is an ordinary alphabet letter, not a stylistic form.
Do not substitute Х: it writes a different sound, and a word can change.
Who writes ӿ
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Don't confuse it with
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How to type or find ӿ
- Also called
- kha with stroke
- Search it as
- Nivkh · Nivhi · Gilyak · kha
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
ӿCSS
\04FFCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ӿ
HTML hex
ӿ
CSS content
content: "\04FF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%D3%BF
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
2
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.