Kha (Cyrillic)

Kha or Ha (Х х; italics: Х х) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It looks the same as the Latin letter X (X x X x), in both uppercase and lowercase, both roman and italic forms, and was derived from the Greek letter Chi, which also bears a resemblance to both the Latin X and Kha.

Cyrillic letter Kha
Cyrillic letter Kha - uppercase and lowercase.svg
Phonetic usage:[x],[χ]
Name:хѣръ
Numeric value:600
Derived from:Greek letter Chi (Χ χ)
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА́А̀А̂А̄ӒБВ
ГҐДЂЃЕЕ́Ѐ
Е̄Е̂ЁЄЄ́ЖЗЗ́
ЅИІІ́ЇЇ́И́Ѝ
И̂ӢЙЈКЛЉМ
НЊОО́О̀О̂ŌӦ
ПРСС́ТЋЌУ
У́У̀У̂ӮЎӰФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЪ̀Ы
Ы́ЬѢЭЭ́ЮЮ́Ю̀
ЯЯ́Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̊А̃Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃
ӚВ̌Г̑Г̇Г̣Г̌Г̂Г̆
Г̈ҔҒӺҒ̌ӶCyrillic capital letter Ghe with hook.svgД́
Д̌Д̈Д̣Д̆ӖЕ̃Ё̄Є̈
ҖӜӁЖ̣ҘӞЗ̌З̣
З̆ԐԐ̈ӠИ̃ӤҊҚ
ӃҠҞҜК̣ԚЛ́Ӆ
ԮԒЛ̈ӍН́Н̃Ӊ
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.svgЈ̵К̓К̀
К̆Ӄ̆К̑К̇К̈К̄ԞК̂
Cyrillic small letter Ka with loop.svgCyrillic small letter ka with ascender.svgЛ̀ԠԈЛ̑Л̇
ԔМ̀Н̀Н̄Н̧ԊԢ
Н̡Ѻ
Cyrillic capital letter open at bottom O.svgCyrillic capital letter O with left notch.svgП̓П́П̧ҦП̑Ҁ
Ԛ̆Cyrillic capital letter Shha with hook.svgР́Р̀ԖС̀С̈Ԍ
Ҫ̓Cyrillic capital letter long Es.svgТ̓Т̀ԎТ̑Т̧
Ꚍ̆Cyrillic small letter Te El Soft-sign.svgCyrillic small letter voiceless L with comma above.svgѸCyrillic capital letter script U.svgУ̇
У̨Ф̑Ф̓Х́Х̀Х̆Х̇Х̧
Х̓Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Ha.svgѠѼѾЦ́
Ц̓Cyrillic capital letter Tse with long left leg.svgꚎ̆Cyrillic capital letter Cil.svgCyrillic capital letter Cil with bar.svgЧ́
Ч̀Ч̑Ч̓Cyrillic capital letter Char.svgԬꚆ̆
Ҽ̆Ш̆Ш̑Щ̆Ꚗ̆Cyrillic capital letter Che Sha.svg
Ы̂Ы̃Ѣ́Ѣ̈Ѣ̆Э̨
Ю̂Я̂Я̨ԘѤѦ
ѪѨѬѮѰ
ѲѴѶ

It commonly represents the voiceless velar fricative /x/, similar to how some Scottish pronounce the ⟨ch⟩ in “loch”.

Kha is romanised as ⟨kh⟩ for Russian, Ukrainian, Mongolian, and Tajik, and as ⟨ch⟩ for Belarusian, while being romanised as ⟨h⟩ for Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Kazakh. It is also romanised as ⟨j⟩ for Spanish.

HistoryEdit

The Cyrillic letter Kha was derived from the Greek letter Chi (Χ χ).

The name of Kha in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was хѣръ (xěrŭ).

In the Cyrillic numeral system, Kha has a value of 600.

UsageEdit

RussianEdit

Kha is the twenty-third letter of the Russian alphabet. It represents the voiceless velar fricative /x/ unless it is before a palatalizing vowel, when it represents /xʲ/.

OssetianEdit

Kha represents the voiceless uvular fricative /χ/ in Ossetian. The digraph ⟨хъ⟩ represents the voiceless uvular plosive /q/.

BelarusianEdit

Kha is also an alternative transliteration of the letter خ Ḫāʼ in the Arabic alphabet. This was used in Belarusian Arabic script, corresponding to the above Cyrillic letter.

Related letters and other similar charactersEdit

Computing codesEdit

Character information
Preview Х х
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER HA CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER HA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1061 U+0425 1093 U+0445
UTF-8 208 165 D0 A5 209 133 D1 85
Numeric character reference Х Х х х
Named character reference Х х
KOI8-R and KOI8-U 232 E8 200 C8
Code page 855 182 B6 181 B5
Code page 866 149 95 229 E5
Windows-1251 213 D5 245 F5
ISO-8859-5 197 C5 229 E5
Macintosh Cyrillic 149 95 245 F5

External linksEdit

  •   The dictionary definition of Х at Wiktionary
  •   The dictionary definition of х at Wiktionary

NotesEdit