ch

See also ch., .ch, ch-, and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

Translingual

Wikipedia

Letter

ch lower case (upper case CH, Ch)

1. A digraph from c and h, considered an individual letter in some languages.

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English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

ch

1. chain - a unit of measurement equal to 22 yards

Etymology 2

Aphetic form of ich, utch, ultimately from Old English iċ.

Pronoun

ch

1. (obsolete, dialectal) Alternative form of I.

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Czech

Letter

ch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, after h and before i

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Spanish

Letter

ch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)

1. che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, after c and before d

Usage notes

Since 1994, this letter has been treated as c followed by h for collation (sorting) purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially removed by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.

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Welsh

Letter

ch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)

1. èch, the fourth letter of the Welsh alphabet, after c and before d

Usage notes

Like the other Welsh digraphs, ch is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus, chwech is alphabetically sorted after cyllell.