The (Cyrillic)

Not to be confused with the Latin letter Ç.

The or Es with Descender (Ҫ ҫ; italics: Ҫ ҫ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. The name the is pronounced [θɛ], like the pronunciation of ⟨the⟩ in "theft". In Unicode, this letter is called "Es with descender".^[1] In Chuvash, it looks identical to the Latin letter C with cedilla (Ç ç Ç ç). Occasionally, it also has the hook diacritic curved rightward like an ogonek, as in the SVG image shown in the sidebar. In many fonts, the character hooks to the left.^[1]

Es with Descender
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	[θ], [ɕ]
History
Transliterations	Th th
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.

The is used in the alphabets of the Bashkir, Chuvash, and Enets.

• In Bashkir, it represents the voiceless dental fricative /θ/ (th as in thin).
• In Chuvash, it represents the voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative /ɕ/ (somewhat like sh as in ship).
• In Enets, it represents the voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative /ɕ/ (pronunciation above).

It is usually romanized as 'ś', 'ş', 'θ' or 'þ'.

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ҫ		ҫ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ES WITH DESCENDER		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ES WITH DESCENDER
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1194	U+04AA	1195	U+04AB
UTF-8	210 170	D2 AA	210 171	D2 AB
Numeric character reference	Ҫ	Ҫ	ҫ	ҫ

See also

• С с : Cyrillic letter Es
• Ѳ ѳ : Cyrillic letter Fita, pronounced in Russian as "Ф" [f], which replaced it in the 1918 alphabet reform, and derived from the Greek letter theta, classically pronounced as a voiceless dental fricative [θ], but sounding like [f] in Byzantine Greek, which influenced East Slavic languages the most
• С̈ с̈ : Cyrillic letter Es with diaresis, replaced by this letter
• Cyrillic characters in Unicode