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Hoe (letter)

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Hoe
Ⴥ ⴥ ჵ Ჵ
Usage
Writing systemGeorgian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originGeorgian language
Sound values[hoeʼ]
History
Time periodc. 430 to present
Other
Writing directionLeft-to-right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and  , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Hoe (Asomtavruli: Ⴥ, Nuskhuri: ⴥ, Mkhedruli: ჵ, Mtavruli: Ჵ) is the 38th letter of the three Georgian scripts.[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 10,000. Now obsolete[2] in Georgian, due to it being redundant to the spelling of the exclamation "ჰოი!" ("Hoi!", meaning "Oh!").[3][4] It is still used in the alphabet for the Bats language, for the phonemes /ʕ, ɦ/.

Letter

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asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli mtavruli

Three-dimensional

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asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli

Stroke order

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asomtavruli[5]

Computer encodings

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Character information
Preview
Unicode name GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER HOE[6] GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER HOE[7] GEORGIAN LETTER HOE[6] GEORGIAN MTAVRULI LETTER HOE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode4293U+10C511557U+2D254341U+10F57349U+1CB5
UTF-8225 131 133E1 83 85226 180 165E2 B4 A5225 131 181E1 83 B5225 178 181E1 B2 B5
Numeric character referenceჅჅⴥⴥჵჵᲵᲵ

References

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  1. Machavariani, p. 136
  2. Daniels, Peter T. (1996). The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press. p. 367, ISBN 978-0-19-507993-7
  3. Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. 18. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5
  4. Mchedlidze, (2) p. 121
  5. Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
  6. 1 2 Unicode (1)
  7. Unicode (2)

Bibliography

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  • Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013
  • Mchedlidze, T. (2) The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013
  • Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011
  • The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1) Georgian, 1991–2013
  • The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991–2013