Che (Persian letter)
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Che, or čīm (چ), is a letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet, used to represent [t͡ʃ], and which derives from ǧīm (ج) by the addition of two dots. It is found with this value in other Arabic-derived scripts. It is used in Persian, Pashto, Kurdish, Azerbaijani, other Iranian languages and Urdu.
Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
---|---|---|---|---|
Glyph form: | چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |
Other uses
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In Israel, where official announcements are often trilingual, this letter is used as the letter gīm on roadsigns to represent [ɡ], when transcribing Hebrew or foreign names of places.
In Egypt, this letter represents [ʒ], which can be a reduction of /d͡ʒ/.
It can be used to transcribe [t͡ʃ] of Persian Gulf: Gulf Arabic and Iraqi Arabic, where they have that sound natively. In these countries and the rest of Arabic-speaking geographic regions, the combination of tāʾ-šīn (تش) is more likely used to transliterate the /t͡ʃ/ sound which is often realized as two consonants ([t]+[ʃ]) elsewhere; this letter combination is used for loanwords and foreign names, including those of Spanish origin in Moroccan Arabic. In the case of Moroccan Arabic, the letter ڜ is used instead to transliterate the /t͡ʃ/ sound aside from چ, this letter derives from šīn (ش) with additional 3 dots below.
For چ:
Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
---|---|---|---|---|
Glyph form: | چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |
For ڜ:
Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
---|---|---|---|---|
Glyph form: | ڜ | ـڜ | ـڜـ | ڜـ |
Character encodings
Character | چ | |
---|---|---|
Unicode name | ARABIC LETTER TCHEH | |
Encodings | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 1670 | U+0686 |
UTF-8 | 218 134 | DA 86 |
Numeric character reference | چ | چ |
Character | ڜ | |
---|---|---|
Unicode name | ARABIC LETTER SEEN WITH THREE DOTS BELOW AND THREE DOTS ABOVE | |
Encodings | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 1692 | U+069C |
UTF-8 | 218 156 | DA 9C |
Numeric character reference | ڜ | ڜ |
See also
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