Latin Small Letter Tesh Digraph

Use an IPA keyboard or the HTML reference ʧ. A keyboard layout for phonetic transcription inserts ʧ directly; in HTML, the decimal character reference is ʧ.

Some fields accept only ordinary characters. There, use tʃ as two letters, or t͡ʃ when your transcription uses a tie bar to mark one affricate.

What sound does ʧ represent?

The voiceless “ch” sound in “chip.” The sound starts with a brief stop and opens into a hiss. That stop-then-friction pattern is called an affricate.

ʧ is a single tesh ligature built from the stop t and the hiss-like IPA letter ʃ (esh). Transcriptions also write it as tʃ; a tie bar in t͡ʃ can make the one-unit reading explicit.

The IPA’s 1928 chart grouped ʧ with affricate ligatures; its 2026 chart lists the ligature as superseded by the separate symbols t and ʃ.

Why does ʧ look wrong in my document?

The font may lack IPA coverage. A fallback font can draw the glyph differently or show an empty box. Choose a font that includes phonetic symbols for reliable display.

A missing glyph changes what you see, not the character stored in the text.