Khani (letter)
Appearance
Khani (asomtavruli Ⴞ, nuskhuri ⴞ, mkhedruli ხ, mtavruli Ხ) is the 34th letter of the three Georgian scripts.[1]
In the system of Georgian numerals it has a value of 6000.[2]
Khani commonly represents the voiceless velar fricative /x/, like the pronunciation of ⟨ch⟩ in "bach".
Letter
asomtavruli | nuskhuri | mkhedruli |
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Stroke order
asomtavruli[3]
nuskhuri[4]
mkhedruli[5]
Computer encodings
asomtavruli | nuskhuri | mkhedruli |
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U+10BE[6] | U+2D1E[7] | U+10EE[6] |
Braille
mkhedruli[8] |
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See also
References
Bibliography
- Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013
- Mchedlidze, T. (2) The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013
- Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011
- The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1) Georgian, 1991–2013
- The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991–2013