Che (Armenian letter)

Che
Che
Ճ ճ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	t͡ʃ
In Unicode	U+0543, U+0573
Alphabetical position	19
History
Development	𓊽 𐤎 𐡎 𐮍 Ճ ճ; ; ; ;
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	100
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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).

Computing codes

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