Shwe (Cyrillic)

Shwe
Ꚗ ꚗ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values/ʃʷ/
History
Development
Ш ш
  • Ꚗ ꚗ
TransliterationsŞ̌ ş̌

Shwe (Ꚗ ꚗ; italics: Ꚗ ꚗ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[1] It resembles the letter Sha (Ш ш; Ш ш) with a long tail attached to its bottom.

Shwe is used in an old orthography of the Abkhaz language, where it represents the labialized voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant /ʃʷ/. It corresponds to Шә.[2]

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewꚖꚗ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHWE CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHWE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode42646U+A69642647U+A697
UTF-8234 154 150EA 9A 96234 154 151EA 9A 97
Numeric character referenceꚖꚖꚗꚗ

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Unicode Character "Ꚗ" (U+A696)". Compart. Oak Brook, IL: Compart AG. 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  2. ↑ Бгажба, Хухут Соломонович (1967). Из истории письменности в Абхазии. Тбилиси: Мецниереба. Retrieved 2025-04-17.