Tshe (or Tje) (Ћ ћ; italics: Ћ ћ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used only in the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, where it represents the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate /tɕ/, somewhat like the pronunciation of ⟨ch⟩ in "chew"; however, it must not be confused with the voiceless retroflex affricate Che (Ч ч), which represents /tʃ/ and which also exists in Serbian Cyrillic script. The sound of Tshe is produced from the voiceless alveolar plosive /t/ by iotation. Tshe is the 23rd letter in the Serbian alphabet. It was first used by Dositej Obradović as a revival of the old Cyrillic letter Djerv (Ꙉ), and was later adopted in the 1818 Serbian dictionary of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić.[1][2] The equivalent character to Tshe in Gaj's Latin alphabet is Ć.[3]

Cyrillic letter Tshe (Tje)
Cyrillic letter Tshe - uppercase and lowercase.svg
Phonetic usage:/t͡ɕ/ (listen)
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА́А̀А̂А̄ӒБВ
ГҐДЂЃЕЕ́Ѐ
Е̄Е̂ЁЄЄ́ЖЗЗ́
ЅИІІ́ЇЇ́И́Ѝ
И̂ӢЙЈКЛЉМ
НЊОО́О̀О̂ŌӦ
ПРСС́ТЋЌУ
У́У̀У̂ӮЎӰФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЪ̀Ы
Ы́ЬѢЭЭ́ЮЮ́Ю̀
ЯЯ́Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̊А̃Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃
ӚВ̌Г̑Г̇Г̣Г̌Г̂Г̆
Г̈ҔҒӺҒ̌ӶД́Д̌
Д̈Д̣Д̆ӖЕ̃Ё̄Є̈Җ
ӜӁЖ̣ҘӞЗ̌З̣З̆
ԐԐ̈ӠИ̃ӤҊҚӃ
ҠҞҜК̣ԚЛ́ӅԮ
ԒЛ̈ӍН́Н̃ӉҢ
ԨӇҤО̆О̃Ӧ̄ӨӨ̄
Ө́Ө̆ӪԤП̈Р̌ҎС̌
ҪС̣С̱Т́Т̈Т̌Т̇Т̣
ҬТЬУ̃ӲУ̊Ӱ̄ҰҮ
Ү́Х̣Х̱Х̮Х̑Х̌ҲӼ
ӾҺԦЦ̌Ц̈ҴҶҶ̣
ӴӋЧ̡ҸЧ̇Ч̣ҼҾ
Ш̈Ш̣Ы̆Ы̄ӸҌ
ҨЭ̆Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆
Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈Я̈́Ԝ
Ӏ
Archaic or unused letters
Cyrillic capital letter script A.svgА̨Б̀Б̣В̀Г̀Г̧Г̄
Г̓Г̆Ҕ̀Ҕ̆Cyrillic capital letter split by middle ring Ghe.svgД̓Д̀Д̨
ԀԂЕ̂Е̇Е̨Џ̆
Ж̑Cyrillic small letter Zhe with long middle leg and stroke through descender.svgCyrillic capital letter bashkir Ie.svgԪꚄ̆
З̀З̑ԄԆ
І̂І̨Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Dha.svgЈ̵К̓К̀
К̆Ӄ̆К̑К̇К̈К̄ԞК̂
Cyrillic small letter Ka with loop.svgCyrillic small letter ka with ascender.svgԚ̆Л̀ԠԈЛ̑
Л̇ԔМ̀Н̀Н̄Н̧Ԋ
ԢН̡Ѻ
Cyrillic capital letter O with left notch.svgCyrillic capital letter open at bottom O.svgП̓П́П̧ҦП̑
ҀҺ̡Р́Р̀ԖС̀С̈Ԍ
Ҫ̓Cyrillic capital letter long Es.svgТ̓Т̀ԎТ̑Т̧
Ꚍ̆Cyrillic small letter Te El Soft-sign.svgCyrillic small letter voiceless L with comma above.svgѸCyrillic capital letter script U.svgУ̇
У̊У̨Ф̑Ф̓Х́Х̀Х̆Х̇
Х̧Х̓Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Ha.svgѠѼѾ
Ц́Ц̓Cyrillic capital letter Tse with long left leg.svgꚎ̆Cyrillic capital letter Cil.svgCyrillic capital letter Cil with bar.svg
Ч́Ч̀Ч̑Ч̓ԬꚆ̆
Cyrillic capital letter Char.svgҼ̆Ш̆Ш̑Щ̆Ꚗ̆Cyrillic capital letter Che Sha.svg
Ы̂Ы̃Ѣ́Ѣ̈Ѣ̆
Э̨Ю̂Я̂Я̨ԘѤ
ѦѪѨѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶ

Despite being a Cyrillic letter, Tshe was also used in Latin-based Slovincian phonetic transcriptions with the same value as in Serbian.[citation needed]

Being part of the most common Serbian last names, the transliteration of Tshe to the Latin alphabet 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 diacritic, as ⟨c⟩; less frequent transliterations are ⟨tj⟩, ⟨tsh⟩, ⟨ty⟩, ⟨cj⟩, ⟨cy⟩, ⟨ch⟩ (also used for Che), and ⟨tch⟩, ⟨ts⟩ (the last one in Hungarian only, but ⟨cs⟩ and ⟨ty⟩ are more common). It looks similar to the Shha (Һ һ) but stroked.

As it is one of the letters unique to the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, and also the first letter of the Serbian word for Cyrillic (ћирилица), Tshe is often used as the basis for logos for various groups involved with the Cyrillic alphabet.[citation needed]

Related letters and other similar charactersEdit

Computing codesEdit

Character information
Preview Ћ ћ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TSHE CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TSHE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1035 U+040B 1115 U+045B
UTF-8 208 139 D0 8B 209 155 D1 9B
Numeric character reference Ћ Ћ ћ ћ
Named character reference Ћ ћ
Code page 855 149 95 148 94
Windows-1251 142 8E 158 9E
ISO-8859-5 171 AB 251 FB
Macintosh Cyrillic 203 CB 204 CC
ENO encoding 1035 000040B 1115 000045B

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Maretić, Tomislav (1899). Gramatika i stilistika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnog jezika.
  2. ^ Campbell, George L.; Moseley, Christopher (2013). The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 85. ISBN 978-1135222963.
  3. ^ Duško Vitas; et al. (2012). The Serbian Language in the Digital Age. Springer. p. 53. ISBN 978-3642307553.

External linksEdit

  •   The dictionary definition of Ћ at Wiktionary
  •   The dictionary definition of ћ at Wiktionary