Che (Cyrillic)

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Cyrillic letter Che
Cyrillic alphabet
А Б В Г Ґ Д Ђ
Ѓ Е Ѐ Ё Є Ж З
Ѕ И Ѝ І Ї Й Ј
К Л Љ М Н Њ О
П Р С Т Ћ Ќ У
Ў Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш
Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ Ӓ Ә Ӛ Ӕ Ғ Ҕ
Ӻ Ӷ Ԁ Ԃ Ӗ Ӂ Җ
Ӝ Ԅ Ҙ Ӟ Ԑ Ӡ Ԇ
Ӣ Ҋ Ӥ Қ Ӄ Ҡ Ҟ
Ҝ Ԟ Ԛ Ӆ Ԓ Ԡ Ԉ
Ԕ Ӎ Ӊ Ң Ӈ Ҥ Ԣ
Ԋ Ӧ Ө Ӫ Ҩ Ҧ Ҏ
Ԗ Ҫ Ԍ Ҭ Ԏ Ӯ Ӱ
Ӳ Ү Ұ Ҳ Ӽ Ӿ Һ
Ҵ Ҷ Ӵ Ӌ Ҹ Ҽ Ҿ
Ӹ Ҍ Ӭ Ԙ Ԝ Ӏ  
Old letters
Ҁ Ѻ ОУ Ѡ Ѿ Ѣ
Ѥ Ѧ Ѫ Ѩ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ
Ѳ Ѵ        
List of Cyrillic letters
Cyrillic digraphs

Che (Ч, ч) is the twenty-second letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It sounds like [tʃ]. It is transliterated into the Roman alphabet as ch in English and tch in French.

It is read as "č" for words like "switch" or "change"[1] The letter also is used for the "tch" sound.

History[change | change source]

The name for the letter "Che" appears to come from the word for "worm" or "чрьвь (črĭvĭ)"[2]

In the Cyrillic numeral system, Che has a value of 90.[3]

Usage of Che[change | change source]

Slavic Languages[change | change source]

In every Cyrillic Slavic language except Russian, che represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/.[3]

In Russian, the che is more similar to the Mandarin Chinese Pinyin sound for "J" making the "/t͡ɕ/" sound.

In Serbian, the che makes more of a "tʂ" sound with the letter "Ћ" making a " /t͡ɕ/" sound.

Related Characters[change | change source]

  • 4 is a numeral that is similar in shape to Che.
  • C is a Roman and Latin letter similar to pronunciation of che.
  • Č is a Latin letter and sound identical to Che.
  • Ҷ is a Cyrillic letter almost identical to Che.
  • Ӵ is a Cyrillic letter almost identical to che.
  • Ҹ is a Cyrillic letter almost identical to Che.
  • Ꚇ or "double che" is a Cyrillic and Old Abkhaz letter similar to Che.

Notes[change | change source]

Ч used to have a role for 60 instead of Ѯ.

Ҁ used to have a role as 90.


References[change | change source]

  1. "About: Che (Cyrillic)". dbpedia.org. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  2. "Wikiwand - Che (Cyrillic)". Wikiwand. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Wikiwand - Che (Cyrillic)". Wikiwand. Retrieved 2023-06-24.