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/

(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

• 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

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