U+04FA "Ӻ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Ghe with Stroke and Hook Unicode Character

U+04FA "Ӻ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Ghe with Stroke and Hook is a modified variant of the Cyrillic letter Ge, designed for use in certain non-Slavic languages of the Russian Federation, such as Nivkh and Itelmen. It combines a horizontal stroke through the vertical stem of the letter with a small hook attached to the bottom right, indicating a specific phonetic value, typically a voiced velar or uvular fricative sound distinct from the standard Russian "G". This character helps accurately represent the unique phonology of these minority languages and is part of the Cyrillic Extended-B block, ensuring proper digital encoding and text processing for linguistic documentation and written communication.