ㄘ

ㄘ

1. type: initial consonant
2. general transliteration: c
3. keyboard key: H

Derived from 𠀁 (qī), an ancient form of 七 (qī) (Mandarin: qī, Middle Chinese:/t͡sʰiɪt̚/).

Initial consonant derived from old pronunciation of 七 (qī) (Mandarin: qī, Middle Chinese:/t͡sʰiɪt̚/) + rhyme.

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

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)

• 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

1. 23rd letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

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

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