Character display
This character appears across multiple writing systems with varying sounds and contexts.
Uppercase
C
Lowercase
c
Grouped Letter
c
Used in 7 alphabets
Cross-alphabet usage
Shows how this character is used across different alphabets, with associated sounds.
Associated sounds:
s(Before front vowels e, i, y (soft C))k(Before back vowels a, o, u, or before a consonant (hard C))Ø(Silent when word-final after a nasal vowel (e.g., blanc))ʃ(As digraph 'ch', typically pronounced /ʃ/ (e.g., chat))
Associated sounds:
k(before-a)k(Classical Latin C always /k/ (e.g., 'civitas', 'comes').)
Associated sounds:
k(before-a)k(before-o)k(before-u)tʃ(before-e)tʃ(before-i)
Associated sounds:
s(Before front vowels e, i, y (soft C))k(Before back vowels a, o, u, or before a consonant (hard C))Ø(Silent when word-final after a nasal vowel (e.g., blanc))
Associated sounds:
k(Before a, o, u, or a consonant (e.g., casa, color, cuna, actor).)θ(Before e, i (Castilian Spanish, e.g., cena, cine).)s(Before e, i (Latin American Spanish / seseo, e.g., cena, cine).)tʃ(When followed by 'h' (digraph 'ch').)
Associated sounds:
/k/(Classical Latin)/g/(Early Classical Latin)/k/(devant A, O, U ou consonne)
Associated sounds:
/k/(Modern English (before a, o, u))/s/(Modern English (before e, i, y))