Sha with breve (Ш̆ ш̆) is an additional letter of the Cyrillic script which was used for Abkhaz and Komi at the start of the 20th century. It is composed of a sha ⟨Ш⟩ with a breve.

Cyrillic letter
Sha with breve
Phonetic usage:/ʃ/
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА̀А̂А̄ӒБВГ
ҐДЂЃЕЀЕ̄Е̂
ЁЄЖЗЗ́ЅИІ
ЇЍИ̂ӢЙЈК
ЛЉМНЊОО̀О̂
ŌӦПРСС́ТЋ
ЌУУ̀У̂ӮЎӰФ
ХЦЧЏШЩЪ
Ъ̀ЫЬѢЭЮЮ̀Я
Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̊А̃Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃
ӚВ̌ԜГ̑Г̇Г̣Г̌Г̂
Г̆Г̈г̊ҔҒӺҒ̌
ғ̊ӶД́Д̌Д̈Д̣Д̆
ӖЕ̃Ё̄Є̈ԐԐ̈ҖӜ
ӁЖ̣ҘӞЗ̌З̣З̆Ӡ
И̃ӤҊҚӃҠҞҜ
К̣к̊қ̊ԚЛ́ӅԮ
ԒЛ̈ӍН́ӉҢԨ
ӇҤО̆О̃Ӧ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́
Ө̆ӪԤП̈ҎР̌С̌Ҫ
С̣С̱Т́Т̈Т̌Т̇Т̣Ҭ
У̃ӲУ̊Ӱ̄ҰҮҮ́
Х̣Х̱Х̮Х̑Х̌ҲӼх̊
Ӿӿ̊ҺҺ̈ԦЦ̌Ц̈Ҵ
ҶҶ̣ӴӋҸЧ̇Ч̣
ҼҾШ̣Ы̆Ы̄Ӹ
ҌҨЭ̆Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄
Ю̆Ю̈Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈Ӏʼ
ˮ
Archaic or unused letters
А̨Б̀Б̣Б̱В̀Г̀Г̧
Г̄Г̓Г̆Ҕ̀Ҕ̆ԀД̓
Д̀Д̨ԂЕ̇Е̨
Ж̀Ж̑Џ̆
Ꚅ̆З̀З̑ԄԆ
ԪІ̂І̣І̨
Ј̵Ј̃К̓К̀К̆Ӄ̆
К̑К̇К̈К̄ԞК̂
Л̀ԠԈЛ̑Л̇Ԕ
М̀М̃Н̀Н̄Н̧
Н̃ԊԢН̡Ѻ
П̓П̀
П́ҦП̧П̑ҀԚ̆Р́
Р̀Р̃ԖС̀С̈ԌҪ̓
Т̓Т̀ԎТ̑Т̧
Ꚍ̆ѸУ̇
У̨ꙋ́Ф̑Ф̓Х́Х̀Х̆Х̇
Х̧Х̾Х̓һ̱ѠѼ
ѾЦ̀Ц́Ц̓Ꚏ̆
Ч́Ч̀Ч̆Ч̑Ч̓
ԬꚆ̆Ҽ̆Ш̀
Ш̆Ш̑Щ̆Ꚗ̆Ъ̄Ъ̈
Ъ̈̄Ы̂Ы̃Ѣ́Ѣ̈Ѣ̆
Э̨Э̂Ю̂
Я̈Я̂Я̨ԘѤѦѪ
ѨѬѮѰѲѴ
Ѷ

Usages

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The ш̆ is used in multiple older Cyrillic Abkhaz scripts and Komi scripts, notably in:

  • the alphabet of Peter von Uslar 1862 ;
  • the alphabet of Gulia and Machavariani 1892 ;
  • the alphabet of Chochua 1909.
  • the alphabet of Nicolaes Witsen 1897
 
Komi alpahbet of Nicolaes Witsen 1897.

Computing codes

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The sha with breve can be represented with the following Unicode characters:

Character information
Preview Ш ш ̆
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHA CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHA COMBINING BREVE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 1064 U+0428 1096 U+0448 774 U+0306
UTF-8 208 168 D0 A8 209 136 D1 88 204 134 CC 86
Numeric character reference Ш Ш ш ш ̆ ̆
Named character reference Ш ш
KOI8-R and KOI8-U 251 FB 219 DB
Code page 855 246 F6 245 F5
Code page 866 152 98 232 E8
Windows-1251 216 D8 248 F8
ISO-8859-5 200 C8 232 E8
Macintosh Cyrillic 152 98 248 F8

References

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  • Гулиа, Д. И.; Мачавариани, К. Д. (1892). Абхазская азбука (in Russian). Тифлис. GuliaMatchavariani1892.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ч̆оч̆уа, А. М. (1909). АБХАЗСКАЯ АЗБУКА (PDF) (in Russian). Тифлис. Tchotchoua1909.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Услар, Петр Карлович (1887). Этнография Кавказа, Языкознание. Vol. 1. Тифлис: Упр. Кавк. учеб. округа. Uslar1887.