Che (Arabic)
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Arabic alphabet | |||||
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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 | |||||
History · Transliteration Diacritics · Hamza ء Numerals · Numeration |
Che (ﭺ) is an additional letter of the Arabic alphabet, derived from ǧīm (ج) with two additional dots. It is not used in Arabic itself, but may be used to represent a voiceless postalveolar affricate (IPA: /tʃ/) when writing other languages.
Hausa uses ṯāʼ (ث) to represent the sound instead.
Position | ||||
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Isolated | Initial | Medial | Final | |
ﭺ | ﭼ | ـﭽ | ﭻ |