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Cyrillic letter Qa
Cyrillic letter Qa.svg
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА́А̀А̂А̄ӒБВ
ГҐДЂЃЕЕ́Ѐ
Е̂Е̄ЁЄЄ́ЖЗЗ́
ЅИІІ́ЇИ́ЍӢ
ЙЈКЛЉМНЊ
ОО́О̀О̂ŌӦПР
СС́ТЋЌУУ́У̀
У̂ӮЎӰФХЦЧ
ЏШЩЪЪ̀ЫЫ́Ь
ѢЭЭ́ЮЮ́Ю̀ЯЯ́
Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̊А̃Ӓ̄А̨ӔӘӘ́
Ә̀Ә̃ӚӘ̄В̌ҒГ̑Г̣
Г̌ Г̂Г̆Г̈ҔӺҒ̌Ӷ
Д́Д̀Д̌Д̈Д̣Д̆ӖЕ̃
Ё̄Є̈ҖӜӁЖ̣ҘӞ
З̌З̣З̆ԐԐ́Ԑ̈ӠИ̃
И̂ӤҊІ̄́І̨Ј̵ҚК̈
ӃҠҞҜК̣ԚЛ́Л̀
ӅԮԒЛ̈ӍН́Н̀Н̃
Н̄ӉҢԨӇҤО̆О̃
Ӧ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́Ө̆ӪҨԤ
П̈Р́Р̌ҎС̀С̌ҪС̣
Т́Т̈Т̌Т̣ҬТ‍ЬУ̃Ӳ
У̊Ӱ̄ҮҮ́Ү̈ҰХ̣Х̱
Х̮Х̑Х̌ҲӼӾҺҺ̈
Һ̌ԦЦ́Ц̌Ц̈ҴЧ̀Ҷ
Ҷ̣ӴӋCyrillic letter Che with hook (article link).svgҸЧ̇Ч̣Ҽ
ҾШ̆Ш̈Ш̣Ы̆Ы̄ӸҌ
Э̆Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈
Ю̈́Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈Я̈́ԜӀ
Archaic letters
Б̣ԀԂ
ԄԆІ̂
ԞК̂ԈԠԊԢѺ
ҦҀԌ
ԎѸѠѾ
Ы̃
Ѣ́Ѣ̈Ѣ̆ѤѦ
ѪѨѬѮѰ
ѲѴѶԘ
ԔԖԪԬГ̧Г̄К̅
З̀Т̀

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.

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/:

References