Ԙ

Ԙ (Cyrillic Capital Letter Yae, U+0518) is a historical character primarily associated with the Old Permic script, an ancient writing system developed by Saint Stephen of Perm in the 14th century for the Komi language. While it is not found in modern standard Cyrillic alphabets, it represented a specific vowel sound in its original context. Visually, it is distinctive, somewhat resembling an inverted Latin capital 'R' with an additional diagonal stroke or crossbar. Its lowercase form is ԙ (Cyrillic Small Letter Yae). The inclusion of characters like Yae in the Cyrillic Supplement block of Unicode helps preserve and document these historical scripts and their unique linguistic components, providing a complete record of Cyrillic's evolution.