Shini, or Shin (Asomtavruli: Ⴘ; Nuskhuri: ⴘ; Mkhedruli: შ; Mtavruli: Შ; Georgian: შინი, შინ) is the 28th letter of the three Georgian scripts.1
In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 900.2
Shini commonly represents the voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/,3 like the pronunciation of ⟨sh⟩ in "shoe". It is typically romanized with the digraph Sh or with the letter Š.4
Letter
| asomtavruli
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nuskhuri
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mkhedruli
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mtavruli
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Three-dimensional
| asomtavruli
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nuskhuri
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mkhedruli
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Stroke order
| asomtavruli5
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nuskhuri6
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mkhedruli7
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Computer encodings
Character information
| Preview |
Ⴘ |
ⴘ |
შ |
Შ
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| Unicode name
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GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER SHIN8
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GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER SHIN9
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GEORGIAN LETTER SHIN8
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GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER SHIN
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| Encodings |
decimal |
hex |
dec |
hex |
dec |
hex |
dec |
hex
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| Unicode |
4280 |
U+10B8 |
11544 |
U+2D18 |
4328 |
U+10E8 |
7336 |
U+1CA8
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| UTF-8 |
225 130 184 |
E1 82 B8 |
226 180 152 |
E2 B4 98 |
225 131 168 |
E1 83 A8 |
225 178 168 |
E1 B2 A8
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| Numeric character reference |
Ⴘ |
Ⴘ |
ⴘ |
ⴘ |
შ |
შ |
Შ |
Შ
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Braille
| mkhedruli10
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See also
See also
References
References
- Machavariani, p. 136
- Mchedlidze, (2) p. 101
- Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. 18. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5
- "Transliteration of Georgian" (PDF).
- Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
- Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
- Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
- Unicode (1)
- Unicode (2)
- UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45
Bibliography
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
