Ksi (Cyrillic)

Ksi (Ѯ, ѯ) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, derived from the Greek letter Xi (Ξ, ξ). It was mainly used in Greek loanwords, especially words relating to the Church.

Cyrillic letter Ksi
Numeric value:60
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АБВГҐДЂ
ЃЕЀЁЄЖЗ
З́ЅИЍЙІЇ
ЈКЛЉМНЊ
ОŌПРСС́Т
ЋЌУӮЎФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЫ
ЬЭЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
А́А̀ӐА̄А̊А̃Ӓ
Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃ӚВ̌
ҒГ̧Г̑Г̄Г̣Г̌Ҕ
ӺҒ̌ӶԀԂꚂꚀ
ꚈД̆Д̣ԪԬД̆Ӗ
Е̄Е̃Ё̄Є̈ӁҖӜ
ԄҘӞЗ̌З̱З̣Ԑ
Ԑ̈ӠԆӢИ̃ҊӤ
И́ҚӃҠҞҜК̣
ԚӅԮԒԈӍӉ
ҢԨӇҤԊО́О̀
О̆О̂О̃ӦӦ̄ӨӨ̄
Ө́Ө̆ӪҨԤҦР̌
ҎԖҪС̣С̱Т̌Т̣
ꚐҬꚊꚌԎУ̃Ӱ
Ӱ́ӲҮҮ́ҰХ̣Х̱
Х̮Х̑ҲӼӾҺҺ̈
ԦҴҶӴӋҸҼ
ҾЫ̆Ы̄ӸҌЭ̆Э̄
Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́
Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈ԜӀ
Archaic letters
ꙀꙂꙄꙆꙈҀѺ
ОУꙊѠѼꙌѾꙎ
ѢꙐꙒꙔꙖѤѦ
ꙘѪꙚѨꙜѬѮ
ѰѲԌꚖꚆꚒꚎ
ꚔѴѶԘꙞꙠꙢ
ꙤꙦꙨꙪꙬꙮꚘ
ꚚԢԔԠԞꚄ

Ksi was eliminated from the Russian alphabet along with psi, omega, and yus in the Civil Script of 1708 (Peter the Great's Grazhdanka), and has also been dropped from other secular languages.

It represented "60" if used as a number.[1]

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewѮѯ
Unicode nameCYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KSICYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KSI
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode1134U+046E1135U+046F
UTF-8209 174D1 AE209 175D1 AF
Numeric character referenceѮѮѯѯ

References

  1. omniglot.com; retrieved 2010-11-20
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