| Abkhazian Che | |
|---|---|
| Ҽ ҽ | |
| Ꚇ ꚇ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Sound values | /ʈʂ/ |
| History | |
| Variations | Ꚇ ꚇ |
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Abkhazian Che (Ҽ ҽ; italics:Ҽ ҽ) is a letter of theCyrillic script.[1]
Abkhazian Che is used in the alphabet of theAbkhaz language, where it represents thevoiceless retroflex affricate/ʈʂ/. In the alphabet, it is placed between⟨Ҷ⟩ and⟨Ҿ⟩.
The letter only coincidentally resembles a lowercase Latin lettere. Historically, it is the cursive form of the corresponding letter (![]()
) in theAbkhazian Latin alphabet, where it somewhat resembled a Greekφ.

Cche orDouble Che (Ꚇ ꚇ; italics:Ꚇ ꚇ) is a letter of theCyrillic script.[2] It was used in the oldAbkhaz alphabets, where it represents thevoiceless retroflex affricate/ʈ͡ʂ/. The letter was invented by baronPeter von Uslar. In 1862 he published his linguistic study "Абхазский язык".[3] The letter is Ҽ-shaped but in 1887 Uslar's study was reprinted by M. Zavadskiy who changed its shape and the result resembled a Cyrillic Ч doubled.[3] Later the letter returned to its initial form which, created by linguist Uslar, is part of the modernAbkhaz alphabet, which is depicted asҼ.
| Preview | Ҽ | ҽ | Ꚇ | ꚇ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ABKHASIAN CHE | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ABKHASIAN CHE | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CCHE | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER CCHE | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1212 | U+04BC | 1213 | U+04BD | 42630 | U+A686 | 42631 | U+A687 |
| UTF-8 | 210 188 | D2 BC | 210 189 | D2 BD | 234 154 134 | EA 9A 86 | 234 154 135 | EA 9A 87 |
| Numeric character reference | Ҽ | Ҽ | ҽ | ҽ | Ꚇ | Ꚇ | ꚇ | ꚇ |
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