چ

See also: ح, خ, and ج

چ U+0686, چ ARABIC LETTER TCHEH ← څ [U+0685] Arabic ڇ → [U+0687]

ﭺ U+FB7A, ﭺ ARABIC LETTER TCHEH ISOLATED FORM ← ﭹ [U+FB79] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﭻ → [U+FB7B]

ﭻ U+FB7B, ﭻ ARABIC LETTER TCHEH FINAL FORM ← ﭺ [U+FB7A] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﭼ → [U+FB7C]

ﭼ U+FB7C, ﭼ ARABIC LETTER TCHEH INITIAL FORM ← ﭻ [U+FB7B] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﭽ → [U+FB7D]

ﭽ U+FB7D, ﭽ ARABIC LETTER TCHEH MEDIAL FORM ← ﭼ [U+FB7C] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﭾ → [U+FB7E]

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/, [t͡ʃ]

Letter

چ (transliteration needed)

1. The ninth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic alphabet

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• چی (çî)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Pronoun

Northern Kurdish	çi

چ (çi)

1. (interrogative) what, which

Usage notes

• As a determiner, must be followed with a noun in the indefinite.

Derived terms

• بۆ چ (bo çi)

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰ/, [ʈ͡ʂʰ]

Letter

چ

1. The eighth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡiːm be ˈtælæt ˈnoʔɑtˤ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

چ • (gīm be tálat nóʾaṭ) (gīm with three dots)

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Usage notes

چ (gīm be tálat nóʔaṭ) is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of ج (gīm) that is sometimes used to write foreign names and loanwords with the phoneme IPA^(key): /ʒ/. It can be written and pronounced as a ج (gīm) instead.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• پ (be be-talat noʔaṭ)
• ڤ (fe be-talat noʔaṭ)

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (c)

1. The eleventh letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج (j)
• Next letter: چھ (ch)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	چ
Cyrillic	Ч, ч
Latin	Tş, tş
Yañalif	Tc, c

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /xa ˌyʃ noˈqat/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (ç)

1. The sixth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ч.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج
• Next letter: ح
• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ﺕ, ﺝ, ﭺ, ﺡ, ﺩ, ﺭ, ﺯ, ﺱ, ﺵ, ﻉ, ﻑ, ﻕ, ك, گ, ڭ, ﻝ, ﻡ, ﻥ, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي.

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ (če)

1. The eighth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج
• Next letter: ح

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɐ]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃ]

Letter

ﭺ / چـ / ـچـ / ‍ـچ

1. The sixth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ة,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ گ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ہ,‎ ھ,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ی,‎ ے,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /tʃe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /tʃ/

Letter

چ • (če)

1. The ninth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ځ
• Next letter: څ

Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃ/

Letter

ﭺ / ﭼ‍ / ﭽ / ‍ﭻ • (če)

1. The seventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ج and followed by ح. Its name is چه or چِ.

See also

• (Letters of the Persian Alphabet) ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی
• Wikipedia article on the Persian alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with چ

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ce/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /c/

Letter

چ • (če)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ڃ
• Next letter: ڇ

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡiːm/, [ɡiːm]
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/, [ɡ]

Letter

چ • (gīm)

1. A modified letter based on ج to represent the sound /ɡ/.

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (ce)

1. The eighth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج (j)
• Next letter: ح (h)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (che)

1. The seventh letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج (j)
• Next letter: خ (x)