Cha (Armenian letter)
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| Cha | |
|---|---|
| Չ չ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Sound values | t͡ʃʰ |
| In Unicode | U+0549, U+0579 |
| Alphabetical position | 25 Numerical value: 700 |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 700 |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Cha, or Čʼa (majuscule: Չ; minuscule: չ; Armenian: չա) is the twenty fifth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiceless postalveolar aspirated fricative (/t͡ʃʰ/) in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 700.[1] Its shape in capital form is visually similar to one other Armenian letter, Sha (Շ). Its shape in lowercase form is also similar to the Latin letter Z (z).
Computing codes
| Preview | Չ | չ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER CHA | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER CHA | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1353 | U+0549 | 1401 | U+0579 |
| UTF-8 | 213 137 | D5 89 | 213 185 | D5 B9 |
| Numeric character reference | Չ |
Չ |
չ |
չ |
See also
- Armenian alphabet
- Mesrop Mashtots
- Z (Latin)
- Č (Latin)
- Շ
- Չ