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Хх
Name хъ
Sounds like ch as in Scottish loch
German: ch in Bach
In Latin letters h
Four faces
- Хх Print
- Хх Bulgarian print
same shape - Хх Italic
- Handwriting
coming
Words
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Final б is devoiced: sounds like hlyap.
Remember it
Хляб (bread) is the h-word to keep: X marks the bread.
Trap
Looks like X, says a throaty h. There is no ks letter: ks is written кс (такси).
Try it
Three one-tap exercises come next: hear → tap the letter · see the letter → choose the sound · read a word → choose the picture.
Recordings: Lingua Libre speakers on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC0). A dotted ▶ means your phone's own Bulgarian voice speaks, because no native recording exists yet.