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).

Che
Ճ ճ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuest͡ʃ
In UnicodeU+0543, U+0573
Alphabetical position19
Numerical value: 100
History
Development
  • Ճ ճ
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers100
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Computing codes

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Character information
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

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References

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  1. ^ "զ տառը բացատրություն, z tary bacatrutyun, զ տառը հոմանիշ, զ տառը ռուսերեն թարգմանություն, զ տառը հականիշ, զ տառը անգլերեն թարգմանություն, զ տառը դարձվածքներ". bararanonline.com.
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