Ghayn (Cyrillic)

For the Latin letter, see F.

The Cyrillic letter Ge stroke (Ғ ғ) Italics: Ғ ғ is a Г with a horizontal stroke. It is used in Kazakh and Uzbek 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 Gʻ.

Cyrillic letter Ghayn
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
А А́ А̀ А̂ А̄ Ӓ Б В Г Ґ Д Ђ Ѓ Е Е́ Ѐ Е̂ Е̄ Ё Є Є́ Ж Ӂ З З́ Ѕ И І І́ Ї И́ Ѝ И̂ Ӣ Й Ј К Л М Н Њ О О́ О̀ О̂ Ō Ӧ П Р С С́ Т Ћ Ќ У У́ У̀ У̂ Ӯ Ў Ӱ Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш Щ Ъ Ъ̀ Ы Ы́ Ь Ѣ Э Э́ Ю Ю́ Ю̀ Я Я́ Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ А̊ А̃ Ӓ̄ А̨ Ә Ә́ Ә̀ Ә̃ Ӛ Ә̄ В̌ Ғ Г̑ Г̣ Г̌ Г̂ Г̆ Г̈ Ҕ Ӻ Ғ̌ Ӷ Д́ Д̀ Д̌ Д̈ Д̣ Д̆ Ӗ Е̃ Ё̄ Є̈ Җ Ӝ Ж̣ Ҙ Ӟ З̌ З̣ З̆ Ԑ Ԑ́ Ԑ̈ Ӡ И̃ Ҋ Ӥ І̄́ І̨ Ј̵ Қ К̈ Ӄ Ҡ Ҟ Ҝ К̣ Ԛ Л́ Л̀ Ӆ Ԯ Ԓ Л̈ Ӎ Н́ Н̀ Н̃ Н̄ Ӊ Ң Ԩ Ӈ Ҥ О̆ О̃ Ӧ̄ Ө Ө̄ Ө́ Ө̆ Ӫ Ҩ Ԥ П̈ Р́ Р̌ Ҏ С̀ С̌ Ҫ С̣ Т́ Т̈ Т̌ Т̣ Ҭ Т‍Ь У̃ Ӳ У̊ Ӱ̄ Ү Ү́ Ү̈ Ұ Х̣ Х̱ Х̮ Х̑ Х̌ Ҳ Ӽ Ӿ Һ Һ̈ Һ̌ Ԧ Ц́ Ц̌ Ц̈ Ҵ Ч̀ Ҷ Ҷ̣ Ӵ Ӌ Ҹ Ч̇ Ч̣ Ҽ Ҿ Ш̆ Ш̈ Ш̣ Ы̆ Ы̄ Ӹ Ҍ Э̆ Э̄ Э̇ Ӭ Ӭ́ Ӭ̄ Ю̆ Ю̈ Ю̈́ Ю̄ Я̆ Я̄ Я̈ Я̈́ Ԝ Ӏ
Archaic letters
Ꙁ Ꙃ Ꙅ Ꙇ Ꙉ Ҁ Ҁ° Ѻ Ѹ Ꙋ Ѡ Ꙍ Ѿ Ꙏ Ꙑ Ѣ́ Ѣ̈ Ѣ̆ Ꙓ Ꙕ Ꙗ Ѥ Ѧ Ꙙ Ѫ Ꙛ Ѩ Ꙝ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ Ԙ Ꙟ Ꙡ Ꙣ Ꙥ Ꙧ Ꙩ Ꙫ Ꙭ ꙮ Ꚙ Ꚛ Ԁ Ԕ Ԗ Ԡ Ԣ Ҧ Ꚋ Ꚁ Ꚅ Ꚍ Ꚕ Ꚏ Ꚗ Ꚃ Ԃ Ԅ Ԉ Ԋ Ԍ Ԏ Ԇ Ꚑ Ꚉ Ꚇ Ꚓ Ԟ Ԫ Ԭ Б̣ Г̧ Г̄ К̂ К̅ З̀ Т̀ §
List of Cyrillic letters Cyrillic digraphs
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The letter is also used in Azerbaijani, Bashkir,^[1] Tajik, Karakalpak, Shor, Siberian Tatar, and Nivkh.

Unicode renders this letter as "Ghe with stroke". it is possible that this may have been inspired by the Greek Digamma.

Usage

Language	Letter order	IPA	Notes
Azerbaijani	5	ɣ~ʁ	Replaced by Latin Ğ in Azerbaijan, still used in Dagestan
Bashkir	5	ɣ~ʁ
Kazakh	6	ɣ~ʁ	Replaced by Ğ in the Roman-based script
Shor	5	ɣ
Siberian Tatar	6	ɣ~ʁ
Tajik	5	ɣ~ʁ	Represented as Ƣ
Uzbek	34	ɣ~ʁ	Equivalent to Gʻ in the Uzbek Latin alphabet

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ғ		ғ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1170	U+0492	1171	U+0493
UTF-8	210 146	D2 92	210 147	D2 93
Numeric character reference	Ғ	Ғ	ғ	ғ

See also

• Ge
• Kazakh language
• Uzbek language
• Azerbaijani language
• Bashkir language
• Karakalpak language
• Siberian Tatar language
• Tajik language
• Ğ ğ: Latin letter G with breve
• Ge with middle hook
• Ge with stroke and hook

References

1. "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved 2011-05-20.