Ċ (minuscule: ċ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from C with the addition of a dot.
Usage
Chechen
Ċ is present in the Chechen Latin alphabet, created in the 1990s. The Cyrillic equivalent is ЦӀ, which represents the sound /tsʼ/.[1]
Irish
Ċ was formerly used in Irish to represent the lenited form of C. The digraph ch, which is older than ċ in this function in Irish, is now used.[2]
Maltese
Ċ is the third letter of the Maltese alphabet, preceded by B and followed by D. It represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate [tʃ].[3]
Old English
Ċ is sometimes used in modern scholarly transcripts of Old English to represent [tʃ], to distinguish it from c pronounced as [k], which is otherwise spelled identically. Its voiced equivalent is Ġ.[4]
Computer encoding
| Preview | Ċ | ċ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH DOT ABOVE | LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH DOT ABOVE | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 266 | U+010A | 267 | U+010B |
| UTF-8 | 196 138 | C4 8A | 196 139 | C4 8B |
| Numeric character reference | Ċ | Ċ | ċ | ċ |
| Named character reference | Ċ | ċ | ||