Letter in the Armenian alphabet
"Gim (letter)" redirects here. For the Arabic letter, see
Gimel.
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]
Character codes
Character information
Preview |
Գ |
գ
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Unicode name
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ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER GIM
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ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER GIM
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Encodings |
decimal |
hex |
dec |
hex
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Unicode |
1331 |
U+0533 |
1379 |
U+0563
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UTF-8 |
212 179 |
D4 B3 |
213 163 |
D5 A3
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Numeric character reference |
Գ |
Գ |
գ |
գ
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Gallery
References
External links
- Գ on Wiktionary
- գ on Wiktionary