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Г/г

Also known as Cyrillic letter ghe, ghe (Cyrillic)

Cyrillic letter “ghe”

AI overview

"Г/г" is a letter from the Cyrillic alphabet used in Russian and many other Slavic languages, representing a sound similar to the "g" in English words like "go." It matters because it's one of the fundamental building blocks for reading and writing in these languages.

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In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 414 inbound references to Г/г, and connects out to Я, Cyrillic script and Γ.

Vinony files it under Commons link from Wikidata and Cyrillic letters.

Vinony links it to 82 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Part of: Russian alphabet
Image: Cyrillic letter Ge - uppercase and lowercase.svg

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Commons category: Cyrillic Ghe
Commons gallery: Г
writing system: Cyrillic script
Unicode character: г

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Encyclopedic overview

Ge, from Alexandre Benois' 1904 alphabet book Ge, ghe, or he (Г г; italics: Г г or Г г; italics: Г г) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Most commonly, it represents the voiced velar plosive /ɡ/, like the ⟨g⟩ in "gift", or the voiced glottal fricative [ɦ], like the ⟨h⟩ in "heft". It is generally romanized using the Latin letter g or h, depending on the source language.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Г/г” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.