C is the third letter of the latin alphabet. It is encoded in unicode as Latin Capital Letter C, U+0043 (C) and Latin Small Letter C, U+0063 (c).
Appearance[]
The latin letter c is identical to the Cyrillic Capital Letter Es, U+0421 (С) and Cyrillic Small Letter Es, U+0441 (с), as well as the Greek Capital Lunate Sigma Symbol, U+03F9 (Ϲ) and Greek Lunate Sigma Symbol, U+03F2 (ϲ). The Roman Numeral One Hundred, U+216D (Ⅽ) and U+217D (ⅽ) is also identical, because it is derived from the letter c.
The capital letter is also identical to Cherokee Letter Tli, U+13DF (Ꮯ).
Usage[]
It is used by many languages, that use the latin alphabet, but some only use it in loan words. In German, for example, it is only used in the digraph ch and the trigraph sch, and only appears alone in loan words.
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, a lower case c stands for a voiceless palatal plosive.
Diacritics, ligatures and derivations[]
A c can take quite a few diacritics. Here are some of them.
Above the letter:
Diacritic | Capital | Unicode point | Lower case | Unicode point | Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dot | Ċ | U+010A | ċ | U+010B | e.g. Maltese |
Acute (´) | Ć | U+0106 | ć | U+0107 | e.g. Polish |
Circumflex (^) | Ĉ | U+0108 | ĉ | U+0109 | Esperanto |
Caron (ˇ) | Č | U+010C | č | U+010D | e.g. Czech |
Through the letter or as part of the letter:
Diacritic | Capital | Unicode point | Lower case | Unicode point | Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cedilla (¸) | Ç | U+00C7 | ç | U+00E7 | e.g. French |
Slash (/) | Ȼ | U+023B | ȼ | U+023C | e.g. Saanich |
Bar (-) | Ꞓ | U+A792 | ꞓ | U+A793 | ? |
Hook | Ƈ | U+0187 | ƈ | U+0188 | e.g. Serer |
Palatal hook | ꞔ | U+A794 | Phonetics? | ||
Curl | ɕ | U+0255 | IPA |
Ligatures:
Diacritics | Capital | Unicode point | Lower case | Unicode point | Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TC with curl ligature | ʨ | U+02A8 | IPA |
Combinations:
Diacritics | Capital | Unicode point | Lower case | Unicode point | Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cedilla and acute | Ḉ | U+1E08 | ḉ | U+1E09 | ? |
Derived letters:
Variation | Capital | Unicode point | Lower case | Unicode point | Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roman numeral | Ⅽ | U+216D | ⅽ | U+217D | Roman numerals, e.g. lists or page numbers |
Roman numeral reversed (or antisigma) | Ↄ | U+2183 | ↄ | U+2184 | Roman numerals, e.g. lists or page numbers |
Small capital | ᴄ | U+1D04 | Phonetics? | ||
Turned (or open O) | Ɔ | U+0186 | ɔ | U+0254 | e.g. IPA |
Con | Ꝯ | U+A76E | ꝯ | U+A76F | Scribal abbreviations |
Stretched | ʗ | U+0297 | Phonetics |