Ċ
Ċ (minuscule: ċ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from C with the addition of a dot. It is used in Maltese to represent a voiceless postalveolar affricate, equivalent to English ch ([t͡ʃ]).
It is used in modern transcripts of Old English for the same reason, to distinguish it from c pronounced as [k], which otherwise is spelled the same. Its voiced equivalent is Ġ.
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.
Ċ is also used in the Latin version of Chechen language and Karmeli language as of 1992. The Cyrillic equivalent is ЦӀ, represent the sound [tsʼ].
Computing code
| Character | Ċ | ċ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH DOT ABOVE | LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH DOT ABOVE | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | 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 |
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