Xe (Armenian letter)

Xe (majuscule: Խ; minuscule: խ; Armenian: խե Classical Armenian: խէ) is the thirteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet.[1] It represents the Voiceless uvular fricative (/χ/) in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian.[2] Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 40.[3]

Xe
Խ խ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Phonetic usageχ
Unicode codepointU+053D, U+056D
Alphabetical position13
Numerical value: Խ0
History
Development
  • Խ խ
Other
Associated numbersԽ0
Writing directionLeft-to-Right

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewԽխ
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER XE ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER XE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1341U+053D1389U+056D
UTF-8212 189D4 BD213 173D5 AD
Numeric character referenceԽԽխխ

See also

References

  • Խ on Wiktionary
  • խ on Wiktionary
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