Sha (Armenian letter)

Sha (majuscule: Շ; minuscule: շ; Armenian: շա) is the twenty-third letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless postalveolar fricative (/ʃ/) in both Eastern and Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the digraph Sh.^[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 500.^[2] Its shape in lowercase form is similar to the Arabic numeral 2.

Sha
Շ շ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	ʃ
In Unicode	U+0547, U+0547
Alphabetical position	23
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	500
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.

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

Character codes

Character information

Preview	Շ		Շ
Unicode name	ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER SHA		ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER SHA
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1351	U+0547	1351	U+0547
UTF-8	213 135	D5 87	213 135	D5 87
Numeric character reference	Շ	Շ	Շ	Շ

See also

• Nu, the letter preceding Sha in the Armenian alphabet
• Armenian alphabet
• Sh (digraph)
• 2