| Semisoft sign | |
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| Ҍ ҍ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Kildin Sámi language |
| Sound values | /ʲ/ |
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Thesemisoft sign (Ҍ ҍ; italics:Ҍ ҍ) is a letter of theCyrillic script.[1]
The semisoft sign is used in the alphabet of theKildin Sami language, where it indicatespalatalization (sometimes also called "half-palatalization") of the preceding stop,/nʲ/,/tʲ/,or/dʲ/.
It has a similar shape to theyat (ѣ) but the horizontal stroke across the upright is shorter.
| Preview | Ҍ | ҍ | ||
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| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SEMISOFT SIGN | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SEMISOFT SIGN | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1164 | U+048C | 1165 | U+048D |
| UTF-8 | 210 140 | D2 8C | 210 141 | D2 8D |
| Numeric character reference | Ҍ | Ҍ | ҍ | ҍ |
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