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
2. general transliteration: c
3. keyboard key: H

Descendants

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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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cī (ci¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cī
    • Zhuyin: ㄘ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cih
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ¹
    • Yale: tsz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsy
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/

Letter

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

Phoneme

1. (when followed by a rhyme) Sound IPA^(key): /t͡sʰ/ (Pinyin: c), which is commonly present in Chinese, apart from Cantonese and Fuzhou dialects.
2. (when standing alone) Sound IPA^(key): /t͡sʰz̩/ (Pinyin: ci).

   alt. forms: ㄘㄭ obsolete, analytic

3. (Amoy dialect before ㄧ) Sound IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰ/ (Pinyin: c)

References

• 全國主要方言區方音對照表, Chinese Character Reform Commission, Beijing: ZhonghuaBook Company, 1954
• Unicode Bopomofo block description: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3100.pdf

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

1. 23rd letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /t͡sʰ/ (Hutton): ts'

References

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