# қ

| қ | U+049B, &#1179; CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KA WITH DESCENDER |
| ← Қ [U+049A] | Cyrillic | Ҝ → [U+049C] |
* The alternative form with a hook designed by Просвещение (Enlightenment) publishing house.

## Abkhaz
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰ/

### Letter

қ • (k) (upper case Қ)
* A letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

#### Usage notes

The modern form of the letter, ⟨қ⟩, has a tick descending from the right leg. An older variant has a swash, ⟨ӄ⟩.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гь гь, Гә гә, Ӷ ӷ, Ӷь ӷь, Ӷә ӷә, Д д, Дә дә, Е е, Ж ж, Жь жь, Жә жә, З з, Ӡ ӡ, Ӡә ӡә, И и, К к, Кь кь, Кә кә, Қ қ, Қь қь, Қә қә, Ҟ ҟ, Ҟь ҟь, Ҟә ҟә, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Ԥ ԥ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тә тә, Ҭ ҭ, Ҭә ҭә, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хь хь, Хә хә, Ҳ ҳ, Ҳә ҳә, Ц ц, Цә цә, Ҵ ҵ, Ҵә ҵә, Ч ч, Ҷ ҷ, Ҽ ҽ, Ҿ ҿ, Ш ш, Шь шь, Шә шә, Ы ы, Ҩ ҩ, Џ џ, Џь џь, Ь ь, Ә ә

## Eastern Khanty
### Alternative forms

* ӄ

### Letter

қ (ḳ) (upper case Қ)
* A letter of the Eastern Khanty alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ӑ ӑ, Ӓ ӓ, В в, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Ӄ ӄ, Л л, Љ љ, Ԯ ԯ, Ԓ ԓ, М м, Н н, Њ њ, Ң ң, Ӈ ӈ, О о, Ө ө, Ө̆ ө̆, Ӧ ӧ, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Ᲊ ᲊ, У у, Ў ў, Ӱ ӱ, Ҳ ҳ, Ӽ ӽ, Ҷ ҷ, Ш ш, Ы ы, Э э, Ә ә

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | ق |
| Cyrillic | қ |
| Latin | q |

### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /q/

### Letter

қ • (q) (lower case, upper case Қ)
* The fifteenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

### 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

## Nivkh
### Alternative forms

* ӄ

### Letter

қ (q) (lower case, upper case Қ)
* The seventeenth letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

#### Usage notes

Three forms of the descender are found in publication. The difference is allographic. The main Nivkh newspaper, Нивх диф, uses the Russian-style tick.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ӷ ӷ, Ғ ғ, Ӻ ӻ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кʼ кʼ, Қ қ, Қʼ қʼ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, П п, Пʼ пʼ, Р р, Р̆ р̆, С с, Т т, Тʼ тʼ, У у, Ў ў, Ф ф, Х х, Ҳ ҳ, Ӿ ӿ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Tajik
### Letter

қ • (q) (lower case, upper case Қ)
* The fifteenth letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ӣ ӣ, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӯ ӯ, Ф ф, Х х, Ҳ ҳ, Ч ч, Ҷ ҷ, Ш ш, Ъ ъ, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

IPA: /q/

### Letter

қ • (q)
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### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ж ж, Җ җ, 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, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ч ч, Ш ш, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Uzbek
### Letter

қ (q) (lower case, upper case Қ)
* The thirty-third letter of the Uzbek 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, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Ъ ъ, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я, Ў ў, Қ қ, Ғ ғ, Ҳ ҳ