ᨨ

See also: ဆ and ꧡ

ᨨ U+1A28, ᨨ TAI THAM LETTER HIGH CHA ← ᨧ [U+1A27] Tai Tham ᨩ → [U+1A29]

Translingual

Letter

ᨨ (cha)

1. The 15th letter and seventh consonant of the Tai Tham Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the unvoiced, aspirated palatal consonant /cʰ/.
   • Pali ᨨ (cha, “six”)
   • Northern Thai ᨨᨷᩢ᩠ᨷ (chabàp, “letter, document”)

Usage notes

In the modern vernacular languages, this letter represents the consonant /s/. There has been a strong tendency for the letters ᨨ and ᩈ to merge, and the stacks ᨧ᩠ᨥ and ᨧ᩠ᩈ may only be distinguished by the non-existence of the latter in Pali and Sanskrit.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• cha (Latin script)
• 𑀙 (Brahmi script)
• छ (Devanagari script)
• ছ (Bengali script)
• ඡ (Sinhalese script)
• ဆ or ꧡ (Burmese script)
• ฉ or ฉะ (Thai script)
• ຉ or ຉະ (Lao script)
• ឆ (Khmer script)
• 𑄍 (Chakma script)

Numeral

ᨨ

1. Tai Tham script form of cha (“six”)

Declension

Optionally indeclinable.

Declension table of "ᨨ"

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	ᨨ (cha)
Accusative (second)	ᨨ (cha)
Instrumental (third)	ᨨᩉᩥ (chahi)
Dative (fourth)	ᨨᨶ᩠ᨶᩴ (channaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ᨨᩉᩥ (chahi)
Genitive (sixth)	ᨨᨶ᩠ᨶᩴ (channaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ᨨᩈᩩ (chasu)