This list looks at words of Greek origin where the letter chi (χ) was used to represent the hard /k/ sound. If you want to learn how to say this sound, you can click on the speaker icons or try the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check activity.

Although CH is normally pronounced like the ch- in “chance” and -tch in “batch”, it sometimes has different pronunciations, including the ch- in “chaos” being the same k sound as the c- in “care” and the -ck in “black”.

When spelling with the phonograms c or k, some spelling patterns can help. K is the most common spelling of the sound /k/ after a consonant, after a multi-letter vowel, and after a long vowel sound. C is the most common spelling of the sound /k/ at the beginning of the word.

2016年2月19日 · A: The short answer is yes—but there’s more to the story. As you know, there are three ways to pronounce the letter combination “ch” in English. It can sound like k (as in “chasm” or “school”), like sh (as in “charade” or “brochure”), and like tch (as in …

2021年7月5日 · The digraph “ch” is most commonly pronounced as /⁠tch⁠/ (written as /⁠tʃ⁠/ in the International Phonectic Alphabet, or IPA). Most of the words with this sound come from Old English and are Germanic in origin.

2021年9月3日 · Learn how to pronounce the Letters CH in words pronounced as K, CH, and SH in this American English Pronunciation Lesson. The letters CH can be pronounced three ways: CH, K, SH. The letters CH are pronounced CH most of the time.

2022年7月7日 · ch is pronounced k: cherubim (keh-roo-beem). g before e, i, y, ae, oe is soft (as in gel): genitum (jeh-nee-toom); otherwise, g is hard (as in go): gaudeamus (gah-oo-deh-ah-moos). Is ch a diphthong? Digraphs that spell consonant sounds include the letter pairs sh, ch, th, …

希腊来源的英语单词一般ch发/k/音，比如chaos,character,chronicle和Christ这类的。 例外如machine这样的。 但是， 日耳曼 词源的也有ch发/k/音的，比如ache。 抛开具体单词的词源判断ch的读音，做不到。 但不查资料，普通人又做不到判断单词的来源。 即使这两点做到了，还有例外的存在，所以这个问题基本无解。 我马上想到了一个，ch用在character中就发k音。 再补充一 …

2017年4月4日 · Ch is pronounced like k rather than as in "church": e.g., character, chaos. It's annoyingly hard to find a non-Wikipedia reference, but this borders on common knowledge. Loanwords from a few other languages have ch pronounced as /k/— for example, dachshund (a type of dog; from German) or loch ("lake"; from Scots).

2024年4月16日 · A spelling booklet for learning the ‘k’ sound as a ch spelling pattern. This is a year 3/4 objective from the National Curriculum. This version contains both a PDF of the booklet and an editable PowerPoint version.