Sha (Armenian letter)

Sha
Շ շ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuesʃ
In UnicodeU+0547, U+0547
Alphabetical position23
History
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers500

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.

Various historic fonts

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

References

  1. ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com.
  • Շ on Wiktionary
  • շ on Wiktionary
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