ch

ch (mixed case Ch, upper case CH)

1. A digraph from c and h, considered an individual letter in some languages.

ch

1. Abbreviation of chain - a unit of measurement equal to 22 yards

Aphetic form of ich, utch, ultimately from Old English iċ (“I”). Compare Dutch 'k, an aphetic variant of ik (“I”). More at ich, I.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

ch

1. (obsolete, dialectal) Alternative form of I

• H&C, H/C, HC, h/c

ch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)

1. A digraph, the fourteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, after h and before i.

In names or at the beginning of a sentence the mixed case Ch is used (e. g. Chrudim).

ch

1. A digraph used in the h-sistemo to represent ĉ.

• gh, hh, jh, sh
• cx, gx, hx, jx, sx, ux

• ch.

Abbreviation of chaque (“each”).

ch (invariable)

1. ea (each)

Abbreviation of cheval-vapeur (“horsepower”).

ch m (plural ch)

1. hp (horsepower)

ch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)

1. (obsolete) a letter used in older, pre-World-War-II Latvian spelling, but now replaced everywhere by h (upper case H)

This letter can still be found in older books, or in books written by the Latvian diaspora prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. It used to represent the sound of IPA symbol /x/, as distinct from /h/; but since these sounds have merged as /x/ in current Latvian pronunciation, <h> (= /x/) is now used in all cases.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /x/

ch (upper case Ch)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

• ch in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

ch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)

1. che, the fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, after c and before d

Since 1994, this letter has been treated as c followed by h for collation (sorting) purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially removed by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /tʃ/

ch (upper case Ch)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, X x, Y y, Z z, Oʻ oʻ, Gʻ gʻ, Sh sh, Ch ch

ch (lower case, upper case CH, mixed case Ch)

1. èch, the fourth letter of the Welsh alphabet, after c and before d

Like the other Welsh digraphs, ch is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus, chwech is alphabetically sorted after cyllell.