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Letter in the Armenian alphabet

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Che
Ճ ճ

Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	t͡ʃ
In Unicode	`U+0543, U+0573`
Alphabetical position	19 Numerical value: 100
History
Development	𓊽 𐤎 𐡎 𐮍 Ճ ճ
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	100
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Che, or Če (majuscule: Ճ; minuscule: ճ; Armenian: ճե; Classical Armenian: ճէ) is the nineteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate (/t͡ʃ/) in Eastern Armenian, and the voiced postalveolar affricate (/d͡ʒ/) in western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 100. Its shape is visually similar to the Cyrillic letter, Be (б). Its shape in lowercase form is also similar to the minuscule form of the Latin letter B (b).

Computing codes

Character information
Preview	Ճ		ճ
Unicode name	ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER CHEH		ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER CHEH
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1347	U+0543	1395	U+0573
UTF-8	213 131	D5 83	213 179	D5 B3
Numeric character reference	Ճ	Ճ	ճ	ճ

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