Che (Cyrillic)

This article is about the Cyrillic letter. For Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, see Che Guevara.

Che (Ч, ч) is the twenty-second letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It sounds like [tʃ]. It is transliterated into the Roman alphabet as ch in English and tch in French.

Cyrillic letter Che
Cyrillic alphabet
А	Б	В	Г	Ґ	Ѓ	Д
Ђ	Е	Ѐ	Ё	Є	Ж	З
Ѕ	И	Ѝ	І	Ї	Й	Ј
К	Ќ	Л	Љ	М	Н	Њ
О	П	Р	С	Т	Ћ	У
Ў	Ф	Х	Ц	Ч	Џ	Ш
Щ	Ъ	Ы	Ь	Э	Ю	Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ	Ӓ	Ӕ	Ә	Ӛ	Ҕ	Ғ
Ӻ	Ӷ	Ԁ	Ԃ	Ӗ	Ӂ	Җ
Ӝ	Ԅ	Ҙ	Ӟ	Ԑ	Ӡ	Ԇ
Ӣ	Ҋ	Ӥ	Қ	Ӄ	Ҡ	Ҟ
Ҝ	Ԟ	Ԛ	Ӆ	Ԓ	Ԡ	Ԉ
Ԕ	Ӎ	Ӊ	Ң	Ӈ	Ҥ	Ԣ
Ԋ	Ӧ	Ө	Ӫ	Ҩ	Ҧ	Ҏ
Ԗ	Ҫ	Ԍ	Ҭ	Ԏ	Ӯ	Ӱ
Ӳ	Ү	Ұ	Ҳ	Ӽ	Ӿ	Һ
Ҵ	Ҷ	Ӵ	Ӌ	Ҹ	Ҽ	Ҿ
Ъ̀	Ӹ	Ҍ	Ӭ	Ԙ	Ԝ	Ӏ
Old letters
Ҁ	Ѻ	ОУ	Ѡ	Ѿ	Ꚇ	Ѣ
Ꙗ	Ѥ	Ѧ	Ѫ	Ѩ	Ѭ	Ѯ
Ѱ	Ѳ	Ѵ	Ѷ	Ꙟ
List of Cyrillic letters
Cyrillic digraphs

It is read as "č" for words like "switch" or "change"^[1] The letter also is used for the "tch" sound.

History

The name for the letter "Che" appears to come from the word for "worm" or "чрьвь (črĭvĭ)"^[2]

In the Cyrillic numeral system, Che has a value of 90.^[3]

Usage of Che

Slavic Languages

In every Cyrillic Slavic language except Russian, che represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/.^[3]

In Russian, the che is more similar to the Mandarin Chinese Pinyin sound for "J" making the "/t͡ɕ/" sound.

In Serbian, the che makes more of a "tʂ" sound with the letter "Ћ" making a " /t͡ɕ/" sound.

Related Characters

• 4 is a numeral that is similar in shape to Che.
• C is a Roman and Latin letter similar to pronunciation of che.
• Č is a Latin letter and sound identical to Che.
• Ҷ is a Cyrillic letter almost identical to Che.
• Ӵ is a Cyrillic letter almost identical to che.
• Ҹ is a Cyrillic letter almost identical to Che.
• Ꚇ or "double che" is a Cyrillic and Old Abkhaz letter similar to Che.

Notes

Ч used to have a role for 60 instead of Ѯ.

Ҁ used to have a role as 90.