We (Cyrillic)

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The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
А Б В Г Ґ Д Ђ
Ѓ Е Ѐ Ё Є Ж З
Ѕ И Ѝ І Ї Й Ј
К Л Љ М Н Њ О
П Р С Т Ћ Ќ У
Ў Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш
Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ Ӓ Ә Ӛ Ӕ Ғ Ҕ
Ӻ Ӷ Ԁ Ԃ Ӗ Ӂ
Җ Ӝ Ԅ Ҙ Ӟ Ԑ Ӡ
Ԇ Ӣ Ҋ Ӥ Қ Ӄ Ҡ
Ҟ Ҝ Ԟ Ԛ Ӆ Ԓ Ԡ
Ԉ Ԕ Ӎ Ӊ Ң Ӈ Ҥ
Ԣ Ԋ Ӧ Ө Ӫ Ҩ Ԥ
Ҧ Ҏ Ԗ Ҫ Ԍ Ҭ Ԏ
Ӯ Ӱ Ӳ Ү Ұ Ҳ Ӽ
Ӿ Һ Ԧ Ҵ Ҷ Ӵ Ӌ
Ҹ Ҽ Ҿ Ӹ Ҍ Ӭ
Ԙ Ԝ Ӏ
Archaic letters
Ҁ Ѻ ОУ Ѡ Ѿ Ѣ
Ѥ Ѧ Ѫ Ѩ Ѭ Ѯ
Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ

We (Ԝ ԝ; italics: Ԝ ԝ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[1] In all its forms it looks exactly like the Latin letter W (W w W w).

We is used in the Cyrillic orthography of the Kurdish language and in (some versions of the orthography of) the Yaghnobi language.

Usage

The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages.

Language Pronunciation
Kurdish language labiodental approximant /ʋ/
Yaghnobi language bilabial approximant /β̞/

Computing codes

Character Ԝ ԝ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER WE CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER WE
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 1308 U+051C 1309 U+051D
UTF-8 212 156 D4 9C 212 157 D4 9D
Numeric character reference Ԝ Ԝ ԝ ԝ

See also

  • Cyrillic characters in Unicode

References

  1. "Cyrillic Supplement: Range: 0500–052F". The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. p. 45. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
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