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 (č)

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) حروف‎; 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]

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 en.wiktionary.org for articles 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)