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]

C circumflex
Ĉ ĉ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originEsperanto
Sound values[t͡ʃ]
In UnicodeU+0108, U+0109
Alphabetical position4
Numerical value: 4
History
Development
Transliterations
  • č
  • ç
  • cz
  • ch
  • tch
  • tsch
  • cs
  • tx
  • ci
  • ce
Other
Associated numbers4
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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 ⟨č⟩, 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⟩ and ⟨e⟩.

⟨Ĉ⟩ is the fourth letter in Esperanto orthography. Although it is written as ⟨c⟩x and ⟨c⟩h 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
Preview Ĉ ĉ
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CIRCUMFLEX LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CIRCUMFLEX
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 264 U+0108 265 U+0109
UTF-8 196 136 C4 88 196 137 C4 89
Numeric character reference Ĉ Ĉ ĉ ĉ
Named character reference Ĉ ĉ

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.