Gim (Armenian letter)
Gim, Kim, or K’im (majuscule: Գ; minuscule: գ; Armenian: գիմ) is the third letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiced velar plosive /g/ in Eastern Armenian and the aspirated voiceless velar plosive /kʰ/ in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the letter G.[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 3.[2]
| Gim | |
|---|---|
| Գ գ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Phonetic usage | g (Eastern Armenian) kʰ (Western Armenian) |
| Unicode codepoint | U+533, U+563 |
| Alphabetical position | 3 Numerical value: 3 |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 3 |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Character codes
| Preview | Գ | գ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER GIM | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER GIM | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1331 | U+0533 | 1379 | U+0563 |
| UTF-8 | 212 179 | D4 B3 | 213 163 | D5 A3 |
| Numeric character reference | Գ | Գ | գ | գ |
See also
- Ben, the letter preceding Gim in the Armenian alphabet
- Armenian alphabet
References
- "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF). Retrieved 1 Feb 2023.
- "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 1 Feb 2023.
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