Ge with middle hook (Ҕ ҕ; italics: Ҕ ҕ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script used in the Abkhaz and Yakut languages to represent the voiced velar fricative . In Unicode, this letter is called "Ghe with middle hook". The letter was invented in 1844 by Andreas Johan Sjögren for the Ossetian language from the contraction of Cyrillic Г and Gothic . Usage is the fifth letter of the Yakut alphabet, placed between and . It was formerly also the seventh letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, placed between the digraphs and ; it was replaced by the letter . Computing codes See also Г г : Cyrillic letter Ge Ғ ғ : Cyrillic letter Ghayn Ӷ ӷ : Cyrillic letter Ge with descender References Cyrillic letters with diacritics Letters with hook