Che with vertical stroke

Che with vertical stroke (Ҹ ҹ; italics: Ҹ ҹ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Che (Ч ч Ч ч).

Che with vertical stroke
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	/d͡ʒ/, /dʑ/
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Che with vertical stroke is used in the alphabet of the Azeri language^[1] and Altai language, where it represents the voiced postalveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨j⟩ in "jump". The corresponding letter in the Latin alphabet is ⟨C c⟩. In Altai, it represents the voiced alveolo-palatal affricate /dʑ/.

Che with vertical stroke corresponds in other Cyrillic alphabets to the digraphs ⟨дж⟩ or ⟨чж⟩, or to the letters Che with descender (Ҷ ҷ), Dzhe (Џ џ), Khakassian Che (Ӌ ӌ), Zhe with breve (Ӂ ӂ), Zhe with diaeresis (Ӝ ӝ), or Zhje (Җ җ).

From 1958 until 1991, it was used in the Azerbaijani alphabet to represent /d͡ʒ/;^[2] in this alphabet it is found in the name of Azerbaijan: «Азәрбајҹан». The Azerbaijani Cyrillic alphabet and ⟨ҹ⟩ continue to be used to write Azerbaijani in Dagestan.

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ҹ		ҹ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CHE WITH VERTICAL STROKE		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER CHE WITH VERTICAL STROKE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1208	U+04B8	1209	U+04B9
UTF-8	210 184	D2 B8	210 185	D2 B9
Numeric character reference	Ҹ	Ҹ	ҹ	ҹ

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See also

• Cyrillic characters in Unicode