The semisoft sign (Ҍ ҍ; italics: Ҍ ҍ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. The semisoft sign is used in the alphabet of the Kildin Sami language, where it indicates palatalization (sometimes also called "half-palatalization") of the preceding stop, . It has a similar shape to the yat (ѣ) but the taller horizontal stroke is shorter. Computing codes See also Ѣ ѣ : Cyrillic letter Yat Cyrillic characters in Unicode References Writing