# Щ

| Щ | U+0429, &#1065; CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHCHA |
| ← Ш [U+0428] | Cyrillic | Ъ → [U+042A] |

## Translingual
### Letter

Щ (lower case щ)
* Letter in several Cyrillic alphabets.

### Gallery

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

## Bashkir
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ɕː/

### Letter

Щ • (Şç) (lower case щ)
* The thirty-fifth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script, used only in Russian borrowings.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Ҙ ҙ, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ҡ ҡ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Ҫ ҫ, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ә ә, Ю ю, Я я

## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃt]

### Letter

Щ • (Št) (upper case, lower case щ)
* The twenty-sixth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called щъ (št), and written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ж ж, З з, И и (Ѝ ѝ), Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

## Eastern Mari
### Letter

Щ • (Ŝ) (upper case, lower case щ)
* The thirtieth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, Ҥ ҥ, О о, Ӧ ӧ, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӱ ӱ, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | شش |
| Cyrillic | Щ |
| Latin | Ștș |
| Yañalif | Cc |

### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ɕ/

### Letter

Щ • (Ş) (upper case, lower case щ)
* The thirty-fifth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Mongolian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

Щ • (Šč) (upper case, lower case щ) (italics: Щ, щ)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called ща (šča), and written in the Cyrillic script.

#### Usage notes

* This letter is only used in Russian borrowings.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) үсэг; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃt͡ʃ]

### Letter

Щ (Šč) (upper case, lower case щ)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Pannonian Rusyn alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ю ю, Я я, Ь ь

## Russian
### Letter

Щ • (Šč) (upper case, lower case щ)
* Alternative letter-case form of щ (šč).

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) бу́ква; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃt͡ʃ]
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

Щ • (Šč) (upper case, lower case щ)
* The thirtieth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called ща (šča), and written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, І і, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я