What ꚓ means
A historical ligature joining Т and Ч.
In Andreas Johan Sjögren’s Ossetian alphabet and grammar, ꚓ marked the ejective affricate /t͡ʃʼ/ in 1844. An ejective consonant is made with a brief upward movement of the glottis as the sound is released.
The value varied by language. A Komi grammar by Pavel Savvaitov used ꚓ as an alternative form of ч in 1850; an Abkhaz alphabet used it for an ejective affricate in 1862, a value later represented by ҷ.
How do I type ꚓ?
Use Unicode input if your app supports it.
Enter the code point A693 with your app’s Unicode-entry method, if available. The commands vary by operating system and app; an everyday modern Ossetian keyboard does not reliably include this historical letter.
Historical and specialist; in present-day Cyrillic text, ꚓ may look unfamiliar.
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Who writes ꚓ
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsAn ejective /t͡ʃʼ/ sound: ch released with a glottal pulse.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ꚓ show as a box?
The font may not include this rare Cyrillic letter. Try a font or app with broader Cyrillic coverage; the missing glyph does not change the text character.
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How to type or find ꚓ
- Also called
- tche · ttche · te-che ligature
- Search it as
- ligature · Ossetian · Abkhaz · Komi
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ꚓ\A693Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.