ㄘ

See also: 𠀁, 七, and ち

ㄘ U+3118, ㄘ
BOPOMOFO LETTER C
← ㄗ
[U+3117] 		Bopomofo ㄙ →
[U+3119]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄘ

  1. type: initial consonant (alveolar)
  2. general transliteration: c
  3. keyboard key: H

Descendants

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𠀁 (qī), an ancient form of 七 (qī) (Mandarin: qī, Middle Chinese:/t͡sʰiɪt̚/).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from old pronunciation of 七 (qī) (Mandarin: qī, Middle Chinese:/t͡sʰiɪt̚/) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

  • (when followed by a rhyme) Phoneme:
    Audio (Pinyin); “c” /t͡sʰ/:(file)
  • (when standing alone) Phoneme:
    Audio (Pinyin); “ci” /t͡sʰz̩/:(file)
    alt. forms: ㄘㄭ obsolete, analytic
  • (Amoy variety before ㄧ) Phoneme: IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰ/ (Pinyin: c)

    • Letter

    ㄘ

    1. 20th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
    2. 29th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

    References

    Northern Qiandong Miao

    Pronunciation

    • Phoneme: IPA(key): /t͡sʰ/

    Letter

    ㄘ (ts') (Hutton)

    1. 23rd letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

    References

    • Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198
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