Chini (letter)

Chini (asomtavruli Ⴙ, nuskhuri ⴙ, mkhedruli ჩ, mtavruli Ჩ) is the 29th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 1000.^[2]

Chini commonly represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨ch⟩ in "chance".

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

Stroke order

asomtavruli^[3]

nuskhuri^[4]

mkhedruli^[5]

Computer encodings

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli
U+10B9[6]	U+2D19[7]	U+10E9[6]

Braille

mkhedruli[8]

See also

• Ch (digraph)

References

1. Machavariani, p. 136
2. Mchedlidze, (2) p. 107
3. Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
4. Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
5. Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
6. Unicode (1)
7. Unicode (2)
8. UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45

Bibliography

• Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013
• Mchedlidze, T. (2) The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013
• Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011
• The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1) Georgian, 1991-2013
• The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991-2013