Koppa (Cyrillic) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cyrillic Koppa
Numeric value:	90
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
А Б В Г Ґ Д Ђ Ѓ Е Ѐ Ё Є Ж З З́ Ѕ И Ѝ І Ї Й Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О П Р С С́ Т Ћ Ќ У Ў Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
Non-Slavic letters
А́ А̀ Ӑ А̄ А̊ А̃ Ӓ Ӓ̄ В̌ Ә Ә́ Ә̃ Ӛ Ӕ Ғ Г̧ Г̑ Г̄ Г̣ Г̌ Ҕ Ӻ     Ғ̌ Ӷ Ԁ Ԃ Ꚃ Ꚁ Ꚉ     Д̆ Д̣ Ԫ Ԭ Д̆ Ӗ Е̄ Е̃ Ё̄ Є̈ Ӂ Җ Ꚅ Ӝ Ԅ Ҙ Ӟ З̌ З̱ З̣ Ԑ Ԑ̈ Ӡ Ԇ Ӣ И̃ Ҋ Ӥ И́ Қ Ӄ Ҡ Ҟ Ҝ Ԟ К̣ Ԛ Ӆ Ԯ Ԓ Ԡ Ԉ Ԕ Ӎ Ӊ Ң Ԩ Ӈ Ҥ Ԣ Ԋ О́ О̀ О̆ О̂ О̃ О̄ Ӧ Ӧ̄ Ө Ө̄ Ө́ Ө̆ Ӫ Ҩ Ԥ Ҧ Р̌ Ҏ Ԗ Ҫ С̣ С̱ Ԍ Т̌ Т̣ Ꚑ Ҭ Ꚋ Ꚍ Ԏ У̃ Ӯ Ӱ Ӱ́ Ӳ Ү Ү́ Ұ     Х̣     Х̱     Х̮ Х̑ Ҳ Ӽ Ӿ Һ Һ̈ Ԧ Ꚕ Ҵ Ꚏ Ҷ Ӵ Ӌ Ҹ Ꚓ Ꚗ Ꚇ Ҽ Ҿ Ы̆ Ы̄ Ӹ Ҍ Э̆ Э̄ Э̇ Ӭ Ӭ́ Ӭ̄ Ю̆ Ю̈ Ю̈́ Ю̄ Я̆ Я̄ Я̈ Ԙ Ԝ Ӏ
Archaic letters
Ꙁ Ꙃ Ꙅ Ꙇ Ꙉ Ҁ Ѻ Ѹ Ꙋ Ѡ Ѽ Ꙍ Ѿ Ꙏ Ѣ Ꙑ Ꙓ Ꙕ Ꙗ Ѥ Ѧ Ꙙ Ѫ Ꙛ Ѩ Ꙝ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ Ꙟ Ꙡ Ꙣ Ꙥ Ꙧ Ꙩ Ꙫ Ꙭ ꙮ Ꚙ Ꚛ
List of Cyrillic letters Cyrillic digraphs
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Koppa (Ҁ ҁ) is an old symbol from the Cyrillic alphabet. It looks a bit like a letter but was only used for numbers. Its shape and name come from the Greek letter Koppa (Ϙ ϙ).

What is Koppa?

Koppa was used as a number symbol in the very first Cyrillic writings. It stood for the number 90, just like its Greek ancestor did.

Why Koppa Changed

Over time, Koppa was replaced by another Cyrillic letter called Che (Ч ч). The letter Che looks similar to Koppa and didn't have a number value at first.

Some old handwritten books from the 11th century in Eastern and Southern Slavic areas already show Che being used for numbers. However, Koppa was still commonly used until the 14th century.

Koppa in Western Cyrillic

In some parts of Western Cyrillic, Koppa stayed in use. In these areas, the letter Che (Ч) was sometimes used to mean the number 60. This replaced another Cyrillic letter called Ksi (Ѯ ѯ), which originally had that value.

Koppa's Sound and Place in the Alphabet

Cyrillic Koppa never had a sound, so it was never used as a regular letter in any language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet.

However, some modern books and dictionaries about the Old Church Slavonic language include Koppa. They might place it between the letters П and Р to follow the Greek alphabet's order. Or, they might put it at the very end of the alphabet list.

See also

In Spanish: Ҁ para niños

Images for kids

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  Early Cyrillic numeral character Koppa (=90)