Che (Armenian letter)
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| Che | |
|---|---|
| Ճ ճ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Sound values | t͡ʃ |
| In Unicode | U+0543, U+0573 |
| Alphabetical position | 19 Numerical value: 100 |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 100 |
Che, or Če (majuscule: Ճ; minuscule: ճ; Armenian: ճե; Classical Armenian: ճէ) is the nineteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate (/t͡ʃ/) in Eastern Armenian, and the voiced postalveolar affricate (/d͡ʒ/) in western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 100.[1] Its shape is visually similar to the Cyrillic letter, Be (б). Its shape in lowercase form is also similar to the minuscule form of the Latin letter B (b).
Computing codes
[edit]| Preview | Ճ | ճ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER CHEH | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER CHEH | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1347 | U+0543 | 1395 | U+0573 |
| UTF-8 | 213 131 | D5 83 | 213 179 | D5 B3 |
| Numeric character reference | Ճ |
Ճ |
ճ |
ճ |
See also
[edit]- Armenian alphabet
- Mesrop Mashtots
- b (Latin)
- б (Cyrillic)
- ч (Cyrillic)
- Ch (digraph)