Translingual[edit]
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ㄘ
- type: initial consonant
- general transliteration: c
- keyboard key: H
Descendants[edit]
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
Derived from 𠀁 (qī), an ancient form of 七 (qī) (Mandarin: qī, Middle Chinese:/t͡sʰiɪt̚/).
Etymology[edit]
Initial consonant derived from old pronunciation of 七 (qī) (Mandarin: qī, Middle Chinese:/t͡sʰiɪt̚/) + rhyme.
Pronunciation[edit]
- 20th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
- 29th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet
Phoneme[edit]
- (when followed by a rhyme) Sound IPA(key): /t͡sʰ/ help (Pinyin: c), which is commonly present in Chinese, apart from Cantonese and Fuzhou dialects.
- (when standing alone) Sound IPA(key): /t͡sʰz̩/ help (Pinyin: ci).
- alt. forms: ㄘㄭ obsolete, analytic
- (Amoy dialect before ㄧ) Sound IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰ/ (Pinyin: c)
References[edit]
Northern Qiandong Miao[edit]
- 23rd letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.
Phoneme[edit]
- sound IPA(key): /t͡sʰ/ (Hutton): ts'
References[edit]
- Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198