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 *kʷís.

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

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: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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 ^[edit]

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 (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

From Classical Persian چ (čē), modified from the Arabic letter ج (jīm).

Pronunciation

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

Letter

چ (ce)

1. The eighth letter of Pahari-Potwari in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ج (jīm)
• Next letter: ح (ḥe)

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

• Arabic script letters: حروف (horuf) (script appendix): 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 ^[edit]
• Wikipedia article on the Persian alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with چ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਚ (caccā)
• (letter name): چے (ce)

Etymology

From Classical Persian چ (čē), modified from the Arabic letter ج (jīm).

Pronunciation

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

Letter

چ • (ce)

1. The eighth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ج (jīm)
• Next letter: ح (ḥe)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

چ • (ce)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

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

See also

• Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]
• 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/ only in Israel.

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)