ĉ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "c"

ĉ U+0109, ĉ LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CIRCUMFLEX Composition: c [U+0063] + ◌̂ [U+0302] ← Ĉ [U+0108] Latin Extended-A Ċ → [U+010A]

Translingual

Letter

ĉ (lower case, upper case Ĉ)

1. (international standards) Transliterates Telugu ౘ.
2. (phonetics) Transcription in the Spanish tradition for [ʃ].

Esperanto

Pronunciation

(phoneme)

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/, (before a voiced obstruent) /d͡ʒ/

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(letter)

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃo/

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Letter

ĉ (lower case, upper case Ĉ)

1. The fourth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ĉo and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

Particle

ĉ

1. (text messaging) abbreviation of ĉu

Preposition

ĉ

1. abbreviation of ĉirkaŭ (“around, about”)

Further reading

• “ĉ”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Mandarin

Etymology

See ẑ.

Romanization

ĉ

1. rare spelling of ch

   Coordinate terms: ẑ, ĉ, ŝ

Usage notes

• 《汉语拼音方案》 (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn Fāng'àn, “Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet”) specifies that ⟨ẑ⟩, ⟨ĉ⟩, ⟨ŝ⟩ and ⟨ŋ⟩ may be used as abbreviations for ⟨zh⟩, ⟨ch⟩, ⟨sh⟩ and ⟨ng⟩ respectively, though these are rarely used in practice.