ch

Noun

ch (countable and uncountable, plural chs)

1. Abbreviation of chain, a unit of measurement equal to 22 yards
2. (crochet) Abbreviation of chain (stitch)
3. Abbreviation of channel, in reference to telephones, audio, radio, and television

   5.1 ch surround sound

4. Abbreviation of chapter, main section of a book
   • 2007, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, page 143:

     Ch 2 secondarily interrupts the flow between chs 1 and 3 (see 2.1–16n.).

5. Abbreviation of chestnut, a dark reddish-brown colored horse
   • 2014, Kenneth Hinchcliff, Andris Kaneps, Raymond Geor, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, page 675:

     NAME OF HORSE (COLOR, SEX, YEAR BORN)
     Secretariat (ch.s. 1970)

Verb

ch

1. (crochet) Abbreviation of chain.
   • 2011 August 23, Carmen Heffernan, “How to make colourful crocheted flowers”, in The Guardian‎:

     Ch 4, sl st to 1st sl st to close.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Pronoun

ch

1. (obsolete, dialectal) Alternative form of I

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

Usage notes

In names or at the beginning of a sentence the mixed case Ch is used (e. g. Chrudim).

See also

• gh, hh, jh, sh
• cx, gx, hx, jx, sx, ux

Adjective

ch (invariable)

1. ea (each)

Noun

Added

ch m (plural ch)

1. hp (horsepower)