History
The Cyrillic letter Ghe was derived directly from the Greek letter Gamma (Γ γ), but the lowercase Ghe is a small version of the capital letter.
In the Early Cyrillic alphabet its name was глаголи (ɡlaɡoli), meaning "speak".
In the Cyrillic numeral system, Ge had a numerical value of 3.
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