Gim (Armenian letter)

"Gim (letter)" redirects here. For the Arabic letter, see Gimel.

Gim, Kim, or K’im (majuscule: Գ; minuscule: գ; Armenian: գիմ) is the third letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiced velar plosive /g/ in Eastern Armenian and the aspirated voiceless velar plosive /kʰ/ in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the letter G.^[1] It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century CE. In the Armenian numeral system, it has a value of 3.^[2]

Armenian letter Gim
Գ գ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	g (Eastern Armenian) kʰ (Western Armenian)
In Unicode	U+533, U+563
Alphabetical position	3
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	3
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.

Character codes

Character information

Preview	Գ		գ
Unicode name	ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER GIM		ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER GIM
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1331	U+0533	1379	U+0563
UTF-8	212 179	D4 B3	213 163	D5 A3
Numeric character reference	Գ	Գ	գ	գ

Gallery

Various historic fonts

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  Rounded erkat'agir
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  Angular erkat'agir
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  Bolorgir
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  Notrgir
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  Shghagir
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  Typographic form
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  Handwritten form
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  Eastern Armenian Braille form Dots-1245
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  Western Armenian Braille form Dots-12345
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  Capital letter «Gim» in XIII century manuscript