# چ

| چ | U+0686, &#1670; ARABIC LETTER TCHEH |
| ← څ [U+0685] | Arabic | ڇ → [U+0687] |
| ﭺ | U+FB7A, &#64378; ARABIC LETTER TCHEH ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﭹ [U+FB79] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﭻ → [U+FB7B] |
| ﭻ | U+FB7B, &#64379; ARABIC LETTER TCHEH FINAL FORM |
| ← ﭺ [U+FB7A] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﭼ → [U+FB7C] |
| ﭼ | U+FB7C, &#64380; ARABIC LETTER TCHEH INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﭻ [U+FB7B] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﭽ → [U+FB7D] |
| ﭽ | U+FB7D, &#64381; ARABIC LETTER TCHEH MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﭼ [U+FB7C] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﭾ → [U+FB7E] |

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃ/, [t͡ʃ]

### Letter

چ (transliteration needed)
* The ninth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic alphabet

## Central Kurdish
### Alternative forms

* چی (çî)

### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

### Pronoun

| Northern Kurdish | çi |
چ (çi)
* (interrogative) what, which

#### Usage notes

* As a determiner, must be followed with a noun in the indefinite.

#### Derived terms

* بۆ چ (bo çi)

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰ/, [ʈ͡ʂʰ]

### Letter

چ
* The eighth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

## Egyptian Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɡiːm be ˈtælæt ˈnoʔɑtˤ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

چ • (gīm be tálat nóʾaṭ) (gīm with three dots)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Usage notes

چ (gīm be tálat nóʔaṭ) is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of ج (gīm) that is sometimes used to write foreign names and loanwords with the phoneme IPA: /ʒ/. It can be written and pronounced as a ج (gīm) instead.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |

#### See also

* پ (be be-talat noʔaṭ)
* ڤ (fe be-talat noʔaṭ)

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /t͡ʃiːm/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

چ • (c)
* The eleventh letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ج (j)
* Next letter: چھ (ch)

## Kazakh
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /xa ˌyʃ noˈqat/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

چ • (ç)
* The sixth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ч.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ج
* Next letter: ح
* Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /t͡ʃe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

چ (če)
* The eighth letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ج
* Next letter: ح

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [t͡ʃɐ]
* (Phoneme) IPA: [t͡ʃ]

### Letter

ﭺ / چـ / ـچـ / ‍ـچ
* The sixth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

#### See also

* Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /tʃe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /tʃ/

### Letter

چ • (če)
* The ninth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ځ
* Next letter: څ

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʃ/

### Letter

ﭺ / ﭼ‍ / ﭽ / ‍ﭻ • (če)
* The seventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ج and followed by ح. Its name is چه or چِ.

### See also

* Arabic script letters: حروف (horuf) (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی
* Wikipedia article on the Persian alphabet
* Search for entries beginning with چ

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਚ (caccā)
* (letter name): چے (ce)

### Etymology

From Classical Persian چ (čē), modified from the Arabic letter ج (jīm).

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /t͡ʃeː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

چ • (ce)
* The eighth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ج (jīm)
* Next letter: ح (ḥe)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /t͡ʃe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

چ • (ce)
* The fifteenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي
* Previous letter: ڃ
* Next letter: ڇ

## South Levantine Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɡiːm/, [ɡiːm]
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɡ/, [ɡ]

### Letter

چ • (gīm)
* A modified letter based on ج to represent the sound /ɡ/ only in Israel.

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t͡ʃeː/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

چ • (ce)
* The eighth letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ج (j)
* Next letter: ح (h)

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /t͡ʃe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

چ • (che)
* The seventh letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| چ | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ج (j)
* Next letter: خ (x)