Qa (Cyrillic)

Not to be confused with the Latin letter Q.

Qa (Ԛ ԛ; italics: Ԛ ԛ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is based on the Latin letter Q (Q q). Depending on the font, the uppercase form can look like a reversed Cyrillic letter Р.

Cyrillic letter Qa
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 З З́ Ѕ И І І́ Ї И́ Ѝ И̂ Ӣ Й Ј К Л Љ 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 Ӕ 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 Ӂ Ж̣ Ҙ Ӟ З̌ З̣ З̆ Ԑ Ԑ́ Ԑ̈ Ӡ И̃ Ӥ Ҋ І̄́ І̨ Ј̵ Қ К̈ Ӄ Ҡ Ҟ Ҝ К̣ Ԛ Л́ Л̀ Ӆ Ԯ Ԓ Л̈ Ӎ ᵸ Н́ Н̀ Н̃ 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 Ч̡ 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
Б̣ Ԁ Ԃ Ꚁ Ꚅ Ꙃ Ꙅ Ꙁ Ԅ Ԇ Ꚉ Ꚃ Ꚕ І̂ Ꙇ Ꙉ Ԟ К̂ Ԉ Ԡ Н̄ Ԋ Ԣ Ѻ Ꙩ Ꙫ Ꙭ ꙮ Ꚙ Ꚛ Ҧ Ҁ Ԍ Ԏ Ꚋ Ꚍ Ѹ Ꙋ Ѡ Ꙍ Ѿ Ꙡ Ꚏ Ꚓ Ꚇ Ꚗ Ꙏ Ꙑ Ы̃ Ѣ́ Ѣ̈ Ѣ̆ Ꙓ Ꙕ Ꙗ Ѥ Ѧ Ꙙ Ѫ Ꙛ Ѩ Ꙝ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ Ꙟ Ԙ Ꙣ Ꙥ Ꙧ Ԕ Ԗ Ꚑ Ԫ Ԭ Г̧ Г̄ К̅ З̀ Т̀
List of Cyrillic letters Cyrillic digraphs
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Qa is used in the alphabet of the Kurdish language and in the old alphabet of the Abkhaz language. In both it represents the voiceless uvular plosive /q/.^[1] It was also used in the old alphabet of the Ossetian language.

This character appeared in newspapers and articles such as 1955's Кӧрдо.

The letter was also used in the scrapped version of the Azerbaijani alphabet, it was however eliminated and replaced by Ҝ in Dagestan.

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ԛ		ԛ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER QA		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER QA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1306	U+051A	1307	U+051B
UTF-8	212 154	D4 9A	212 155	D4 9B
Numeric character reference	Ԛ	Ԛ	ԛ	ԛ

See also

Other Cyrillic letters used to write the sound /q/:

• Қ қ : Cyrillic letter Ka with descender
• Ӄ ӄ : Cyrillic letter Ka with hook
• Ҡ ҡ : Cyrillic letter Bashkir Qa
• Ԟ ԟ : Cyrillic letter Aleut Ka
• Cyrillic characters in Unicode

References

1. http://unicode.org/L2/L2007/07003-n3194-cyrillic.pdf

External links

• Everson, Michael; et al. (2007-03-21). "Proposal to encode additional Cyrillic characters in the BMP of the UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-04-29.