Shini (asomtavruli , nuskhuri , mkhedruli შ, mtavruli Შ) 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 palato-alveolar sibilant /ʃ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨sh⟩ in "shoe".

Letter

asomtavrulinuskhurimkhedruli

Stroke order

asomtavruli[3]
nuskhuri[4]
mkhedruli[5]

Computer encodings

asomtavrulinuskhurimkhedruli
U+10B8[6]U+2D18[7]U+10E8[6]

Braille

mkhedruli[8]

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