Che (Cyrillic)
Cyrillic letter Che | ||||||
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Cyrillic alphabet | ||||||
А | Б | В | Г | Ґ | Д | Ђ |
Ѓ | Е | Ѐ | Ё | Є | Ж | З |
Ѕ | И | Ѝ | І | Ї | Й | Ј |
К | Л | Љ | М | Н | Њ | О |
П | Р | С | Т | Ћ | Ќ | У |
Ў | Ф | Х | Ц | Ч | Џ | Ш |
Щ | Ъ | Ы | Ь | Э | Ю | Я |
Non-Slavic letters | ||||||
Ӑ | Ӓ | Ә | Ӛ | Ӕ | Ғ | Ҕ |
Ӻ | Ӷ | Ԁ | Ԃ | Ӗ | Ӂ | Җ |
Ӝ | Ԅ | Ҙ | Ӟ | Ԑ | Ӡ | Ԇ |
Ӣ | Ҋ | Ӥ | Қ | Ӄ | Ҡ | Ҟ |
Ҝ | Ԟ | Ԛ | Ӆ | Ԓ | Ԡ | Ԉ |
Ԕ | Ӎ | Ӊ | Ң | Ӈ | Ҥ | Ԣ |
Ԋ | Ӧ | Ө | Ӫ | Ҩ | Ҧ | Ҏ |
Ԗ | Ҫ | Ԍ | Ҭ | Ԏ | Ӯ | Ӱ |
Ӳ | Ү | Ұ | Ҳ | Ӽ | Ӿ | Һ |
Ҵ | Ҷ | Ӵ | Ӌ | Ҹ | Ҽ | Ҿ |
Ӹ | Ҍ | Ӭ | Ԙ | Ԝ | Ӏ | |
Old letters | ||||||
Ҁ | Ѻ | ОУ | Ѡ | Ѿ | Ѣ | Ꙗ |
Ѥ | Ѧ | Ѫ | Ѩ | Ѭ | Ѯ | Ѱ |
Ѳ | Ѵ | Ꙟ | ||||
List of Cyrillic letters | ||||||
Cyrillic digraphs |
Che (Ч, ч) is the twenty-second letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It sounds like [tʃ]. It is transliterated into the Roman alphabet as ch in English and tch in French.
It is read as "č" for words like "switch" or "change"[1] The letter also is used for the "tch" sound.
History
The name for the letter "Che" appears to come from the word for "worm" or "чрьвь (črĭvĭ)"[2]
In the Cyrillic numeral system, Che has a value of 90.[3]
Usage of Che
Slavic Languages
In every Cyrillic Slavic language except Russian, che represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/.[3]
In Russian, the che is more similar to the Mandarin Chinese Pinyin sound for "J" making the "/t͡ɕ/" sound.
In Serbian, the che makes more of a "tʂ" sound with the letter "Ћ" making a " /t͡ɕ/" sound.
Related Characters
- 4 is a numeral that is similar in shape to Che.
- C is a Roman and Latin letter similar to pronunciation of che.
- Č is a Latin letter and sound identical to Che.
- Ҷ is a Cyrillic letter almost identical to Che.
- Ӵ is a Cyrillic letter almost identical to che.
- Ҹ is a Cyrillic letter almost identical to Che.
- Ꚇ or "double che" is a Cyrillic and Old Abkhaz letter similar to Che.
Che (Cyrillic) Media
Che, from Alexandre Benois' 1904 alphabet book; it depicts a stuffed animal (chuchelo)
Notes
Ч used to have a role for 60 instead of Ѯ.
Ҁ used to have a role as 90.
References
- ↑ "About: Che (Cyrillic)". dbpedia.org. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Wikiwand - Che (Cyrillic)". Wikiwand. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Wikiwand - Che (Cyrillic)". Wikiwand. Retrieved 2023-06-24.