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Ĉ

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C circumflex
Ĉ ĉ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originEsperanto, Khinalug, Bandial, Yukpa
Sound values[t͡ʃ]
In UnicodeU+0108, U+0109
Alphabetical position4
History
Development
Transliterations
  • č
  • ç
  • cz
  • ch
  • tch
  • tsch
  • cs
  • tx
  • ci
  • ce
Other
Associated numbers4
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Ĉ or ĉ (C circumflex) is a consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing the sound [t͡ʃ], the pronunciation of the English ch as in "cheese".[1]

It is based on the letter ⟨c⟩. Esperanto orthography uses a diacritic for all four of its postalveolar consonants, as do the Latin-based Slavic alphabets. Letters and digraphs that are similar to ⟨ĉ⟩ and represent the same sound include Slovene and Croatian ⟨č⟩, Turkish and Albanian ⟨ç⟩, Polish digraph ⟨cz⟩, English and Spanish digraph ⟨ch⟩, French trigraph ⟨tch⟩, German tetragraph ⟨tsch⟩, Hungarian digraph ⟨cs⟩, Basque and Catalan digraph ⟨tx⟩ and Italian ⟨ci⟩.

⟨Ĉ⟩ is the fourth letter in Esperanto orthography. Although it is written as cx and ch respectively in the x-system and h-system workarounds, it is normally written as C with a circumflex: ⟨ĉ⟩.

Character mappings

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Character information
PreviewĈĉ
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CIRCUMFLEX LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CIRCUMFLEX
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode264U+0108265U+0109
UTF-8196 136C4 88196 137C4 89
Numeric character referenceĈĈĉĉ
Named character referenceĈĉ

See also

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References

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  1. "Unicode Character "Ĉ" (U+0108)". Compart. Oak Brook, IL: Compart AG. 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-17.