Cha (Armenian letter)
Appearance
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Cha | |
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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 |
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
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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 |
Gallery
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Handwritten form