Cyrillic letter Ot
Cyrillic letter ot.svg
Phonetic usage:/ot/
Numeric value:800
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА́А̀А̂А̄ӒБВ
ГҐДЂЃЕЕ́Ѐ
Е̄Е̂ЁЄЄ́ЖЗЗ́
ЅИІІ́ЇЇ́И́Ѝ
И̂ӢЙЈКЛЉМ
НЊОО́О̀О̂ŌӦ
ПРСС́ТЋЌУ
У́У̀У̂ӮЎӰФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЪ̀Ы
Ы́ЬѢЭЭ́ЮЮ́Ю̀
ЯЯ́Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̊А̃Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃
ӚВ̌Г̑Г̇Г̣Г̌Г̂Г̆
Г̈ҔҒCyrillic capital letter Ghe with stroke and descender.svgӺҒ̌ӶCyrillic capital letter Ghe with hook.svg
Д́Д̌Д̈Д̣Д̆ӖЕ̃Ё̄
Є̈ҖӜӁЖ̣ҘӞЗ̌
З̣З̆ԐԐ̈ӠИ̃ӤҊ
ҚӃҠҞҜК̣ԚЛ́
ӅԮԒЛ̈ӍН́Ӊ
ҢԨӇҤО̆О̃Ӧ̄Ө
Ө̄Ө́Ө̆ӪԤП̈Р̌Ҏ
С̌ҪС̣С̱Т́Т̈Т̌Т̇
Т̣ҬCyrillic capital letter Te Soft-sign.svgУ̃ӲУ̊Ӱ̄Ұ
ҮҮ́Х̣Х̱Х̮Х̑Х̌Ҳ
ӼӾҺԦЦ̌Ц̈ҴҶ
Ҷ̣ӴӋCyrillic capital letter Che with hook.svgҸЧ̇Ч̣Ҽ
ҾШ̈Ш̣Ы̆Ы̄Ӹ
ҌҨЭ̆Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄
Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈Я̈́
ԜӀ
Archaic or unused letters
Cyrillic capital letter script A.svgА̨Б̀Б̣В̀Г̀Г̧Г̄
Г̓Г̆Ҕ̀Ҕ̆Cyrillic capital letter split by middle ring Ghe.svgД̓Д̀Д̨
ԀԂЕ̇Е̨Ж̑Cyrillic small letter Zhe with long middle leg and stroke through descender.svg
Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Ie.svgЏ̆Ꚅ̆З̀
З̑ԄԆԪCyrillic capital letter Shha with Cil top.svg
І̂І̨Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Dha.svgЈ̵Ј̃К̓
К̀К̆Ӄ̆К̑К̇К̈К̄Ԟ
К̂Cyrillic small letter Ka with loop.svgCyrillic small letter ka with ascender.svgЛ̀ԠԈЛ̑
Л̇ԔМ̀М̃Н̀Н̄Н̧
Н̃ԊԢН̡Ѻ
Cyrillic capital letter open at bottom O.svgCyrillic capital letter O with left notch.svgП̓П́П̧
ҦП̑ҀԚ̆Cyrillic capital letter Shha with hook.svgР́Р̀Р̃
ԖС̀С̈ԌҪ̓Cyrillic capital letter long Es.svgТ̓Т̀
ԎТ̑Т̧Ꚍ̆Cyrillic small letter Te El Soft-sign.svgCyrillic small letter voiceless L with comma above.svg
ѸCyrillic capital letter script U.svgУ̇У̨Ф̑Ф̓Х́
Х̀Х̆Х̇Х̧Х̓Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Ha.svgѠ
ѼѾЦ́Ц̓Cyrillic capital letter Tse with long left leg.svgꚎ̆
Cyrillic capital letter Cil.svgCyrillic capital letter Cil with bar.svgЧ́Ч̀Ч̑Ч̓Cyrillic capital letter Char.svg
ԬꚆ̆Ҽ̆Ш̆Ш̑Щ̆
Ꚗ̆Cyrillic capital letter Che Sha.svgЫ̂Ы̃Ѣ́
Ѣ̈Ѣ̆Э̨Ю̂Я̂
Я̨ԘѤѦѪѨ
ѬѮѰѲѴѶ
A page from Azbuka, the first Russian textbook, printed by Ivan Fyodorov in 1574. This page features the Cyrillic alphabet.
A page from Azbuka, the first Russian textbook, printed by Ivan Fyodorov in 1574. This page features the Cyrillic alphabet.

Ot (Ѿ ѿ; italics: Ѿ ѿ) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet. Though it originated as a ligature of the letters Omega (Ѡ ѡ) and Te (Т т), it functions as a discrete letter of the alphabet, placed between х and ц.[1] This can be seen in the first printed Cyrillic abecedarium (illustrated), and continues in modern usage.[2]

Ot is used in Church Slavonic to represent the preposition отъ 'from' and prefix от-. It does not stand for this sequence of letters in any other context, nor can the sequence от be substituted for it where it does occur. It is used with a similar purpose in mediaeval manuscripts of other Slavonic languages written with the Cyrillic alphabet. In printed books ѿ is often used in preference to (ѡ҃) for the numeral 800.

Computing codes

Character information
Preview Ѿ ѿ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER OT CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER OT
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1150 U+047E 1151 U+047F
UTF-8 209 190 D1 BE 209 191 D1 BF
Numeric character reference Ѿ Ѿ ѿ ѿ

References

  1. ^ Note that Ivan Fedorov’s alphabet does not include ѡ (though it does include ѽ). This is because it does include ѻ, which was considered orthographically equivalent; one may compare the alphabet from Spiridon Sobol’s abecedarium of 1631, which has ѡ where Ivan Fedorov has ѻ.
  2. ^ Иеромонах Алипий, Грамматика церковно-славянского языка, Saint Petersburg, 1997, p. 17