U+04A8 "Ҩ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Abkhasian Ha Unicode Character

U+04A8 "Ҩ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Abkhasian Ha is a distinct letter in the Cyrillic script, used exclusively in the Abkhaz language to represent the voiceless pharyngeal fricative sound /ħ/, which is similar to the "h" sound but produced deeper in the throat. Its lowercase counterpart is U+04A9 "ҩ", and the letter is typically romanized as "ḥ" or sometimes "h" in linguistic texts. Although part of the Cyrillic alphabet, it is not found in standard Slavic languages, having been introduced specifically for Abkhaz orthography in the mid-20th century. The glyph visually resembles a standard Cyrillic "Ҥ" but with a distinct horizontal stroke through the middle, setting it apart from similar characters in the script.