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

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /tʃ/; before a voiced obstruent, IPA^(key): /dʒ/

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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”)

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.