O with breve (Cyrillic)

Not to be confused with the Latin letter Ŏ.

O with breve (О̆ о̆; italics: О̆ о̆) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In all its forms, it is a homoglyph of the Latin letter O with breve (Ŏ ŏ Ŏ ŏ).^[a]

O with breve
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	[ŏ], [ø]
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.

O with breve is used in Itelmen, where it represents the extra-short close-mid back rounded vowel [ŏ] (although the newspaper Aboriginal of Kamchatka uses О with ring above instead).

It is also used in an alphabet of Khanty instead of О with diaeresis, where it represents the close-mid front rounded vowel [ø].

See also

• Ŏ ŏ : Latin letter Ŏ - a Silesian letter
• Cyrillic characters in Unicode

Notes

1. Characters may not combine well on some computers. This will cause О̆ & Ŏ to look different.