щ

See also: ш, Щ, Ш, шт., պ, and ɰ

щ U+0449, щ CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHCHA ← ш [U+0448] Cyrillic ъ → [U+044A]

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Bashkir

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɕː/

Letter

щ • (šč) (upper case Щ)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, used only in Russian borowings

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф (xäref); А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Ҙ ҙ (Đ ð), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Ҡ ҡ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Ҫ ҫ (Θ θ), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (Ï ï), Ь ь (’ ’), Э э (E e), Ә ә (Ä ä), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

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Bulgarian

Cyrillic letter Щ щ
(Щ щ), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Letter

щ • (št) (lower case, upper case Щ)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is щъ /ʃtɤ/ and it has approximately the sound of English sht. It is preceded by Ш and followed by Ъ.

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
• Or search Wiktionary for articles beginning with: Щ, щ

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	щ (şş)
Arabic	شش‎

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɕ/

Letter

щ • (şş) (lower case, upper case Щ)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ә ә (Ä ä), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (J j), З з (Z z), И и (Ï ï), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Қ қ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (W w), Ұ ұ (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Ç ç), Ш ш (Ş ş), Щ щ (Şş şş), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (I ı), І і (İ i), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (É é), Ю ю (Yw yw), Я я (Ya ya)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕː]

• Audio - letter ща (šča)

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• Audio

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Letter

щ • (šč) (lower case, upper case Щ)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is ща (šča) and in modern standard Russian it has approximately the sound of English shh (geminated or double "sh" as in "push ships"), but pronounced further forward in the mouth. It is preceded by Ш (Š) and followed by Ъ ().