Tshe (Ћ, ћ) is the 23rd letter in the
Serbian Cyrillic alphabetThe Serbian Cyrillic alphabet is the official modern alphabet used to write the Serbian language. It is an adaptation of the Cyrillic alphabet for the Serbian language, and was developed in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić from the traditional Cyrillic alphabet...
. Depending on the letter order, it is either the fifth letter (A-B-C order, used when writing the two alphabets side-by-side and the most common one) or the 23rd letter (A-B-V-G order). It represents a
voiceless alveolo-palatal affricateThe voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , alternatively but unofficially , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is ts\...
, , the sound produced in Serbian from a
voiceless alveolar plosiveThe voiceless alveolar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceless dental, alveolar, and postalveolar plosives is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is t...
by
iotationIotation is a form of palatalization which occurs in Slavic languages. In most of them, iotated consonants are called soft consonants and the process of iotation is called softening....
. It is a traditional Serbian letter, and the only historical one in
Vuk Stefanović KaradžićVuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian linguist and major reformer of the Serbian language.-Early life:...
's reform. The name
Tshe is actually a provisional designation, as Serbian letters are not named. When spelling is required, it is pronounced .
Being part of the most common Serb, Bosnian and Croatian last names,
transliterationTransliteration is the practice of converting a text from one writing system into another in a systematic way.-Definitions:From an information-theoretical point of view, transliteration is a mapping from one system of writing into another, word by word, or ideally letter by letter...
of tshe to the
Latin alphabetThe Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. It evolved from the western variety of the Greek alphabet called the Cumaean alphabet, and was initially developed by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.During the...
is very important; however, there are many ways to transliterate it. It is typically transliterated as <ć>, as per the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet or, without the
diacriticA diacritic is an ancillary glyph added to a letter, or basic glyph. The term derives from the Greek διακριτικός . Diacritic is both an adjective and a noun, whereas diacritical is only an adjective...
, as c; less frequent transliterations are
, , , , (also used for cheChe or Cha is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It represents the affricate . In Russian there is a small number of words this represents...
), and .
As it is one of the letters unique to the Serbian languageSerbian is a South Slavic language, spoken chiefly in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, and in the Serbian diaspora...
, and also the letter with which that languages' word for Cyrillic (ћирилица/ćirilica) starts, tshe is often used as the basis for logoA logo is a graphical element that, together with its logotype form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo's design is for immediate recognition...
s for various groups involved with the Cyrillic alphabet; for examples, see http://www.cirilica.org/dokumenti/jezik/zavestanje.html, http://www.nasepismo.net. The letter ч (sometimes, but considered incorrect by most, it is written as -чь) is used for instead in the Cyrillic alphabets of other languages.
The letter <ћ> is also used to transliterate the Esperanto letter h.
Code positions
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Capital |
1035 |
040b |
002013 |
0000010000001011 |
| Small |
1115 |
045b |
002133 |
0000010001011011 |
| ISO 8859-5 |
Capital |
171 |
ab |
253 |
0010101011 |
| Small |
251 |
fb |
373 |
0011111011 |
| Windows 1251 |
Capital |
142 |
8e |
216 |
0010001110 |
| Small |
158 |
9e |
236 |
0010011110 |