Che (Persian letter)
| Che | |
|---|---|
| چ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Arabic script |
| Type | Abjad |
| Language of origin | Persian language |
| Sound values | /tʃ/ |
| Alphabetical position | 7 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Transliterations | ch, č |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Right-to-left |
| Persian alphabet |
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| 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 |
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Perso-Arabic script |
| Arabic alphabet |
|---|
| ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي |
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Arabic script |
Che or cheem (چ) is a letter of the Persian alphabet, used to represent [t͡ʃ], and which derives from ǧīm (ج) by the addition of two dots. It is found with this value in other Arabic-derived scripts. It is based on the jim ج. It is used in Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Kurdish, Uyghur, Kashmiri, Azerbaijani, Ottoman Turkish, Malay (Jawi), Javanese (Pegon), and other Indo-Iranian languages. It is also one of the five letters the Persian alphabet added to the Arabic script (the others being ژ, پ, and گ in addition to the obsolete ڤ). In name and shape, it is a variant of jim. Its numerical value is 3000 (see Abjad numerals).
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glyph form: (Help) |
چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |
When representing this sound in transliteration of Persian into Hebrew, it is written as ג׳ gimel and a geresh.