# Č

| Č | U+010C, &#268; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CARON |
| Composition: | C [U+0043] + ◌̌ [U+030C] |
| ← ċ [U+010B] | Latin Extended-A | č → [U+010D] |

## Czech
### Letter

Č
* The fifth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

## Jarai
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʃ/

### Letter

Č (lower case č)
* The sixth letter of the Jarai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Kabyle
### Alternative forms

* Tc

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

Č (lower case č)
* A letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Lakota
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

Č (lower case č)
* A letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á), Aŋ aŋ (Áŋ áŋ), B b, Č č, Čh čh, Čʼ čʼ, E e (É é), G g, Ǧ ǧ, H h, Ȟ ȟ, Ȟʼ ȟʼ, I i (Í í), Iŋ iŋ (Íŋ íŋ), K k, Kh kh, Kȟ kȟ, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Ph ph, Pȟ pȟ, Pʼ pʼ, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Š š, Šʼ šʼ, T t, Th th, Tȟ tȟ, Tʼ tʼ, U u (Ú ú), Uŋ uŋ (Úŋ úŋ), W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, ʼ

## Latvian
### Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʃ]
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### Letter

Č (upper case, lower case č)
* The fifth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called čē and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
    burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

Č (lower case č)
* The fourth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called čej and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

A rare letter in Lower Sorbian, found only in loanwords. The sound /t͡ʃ/ is more commonly spelled ⟨Tš⟩ (lower case ⟨tš⟩).

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
* (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

## Osage
### Letter

Č (lower case č)
* A letter of the Osage Latin alphabet. Osage script 𐒵.

## Romani
### Alternative forms

* Tš

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

Č (upper case, lower case č)
* (Pan-Vlax) The fourth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: (International Standard) Ć

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

## Serbo-Croatian
### Letter

Č (upper case, lower case č, Cyrillic spelling Ч)
* The 4th letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet alphabet, preceded by C and followed by Ć, and representing /tʃ/.

## Skolt Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

Č (lower case č)
* The fifth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

Č (lower case č)
* The sixth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

### Further reading

* “Č”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Alternative forms

* Ч (Metelko alphabet, Danjko alphabet)
* ZH, Zh (Bohorič alphabet)

### Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabet Č, from Czech alphabet Č, from latin C, from Etruscan 𐌂 (c), from Ancient Greek Γ (G, “Gamma”), from Phoenician 𐤂 (g, “gimel”). Pronunciation as IPA: /t͡ʃə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably by analogy of German C from German.

### Pronunciation

* (phoneme, standard): IPA: /t͡ʃ/, [d͡ʒ]
* (phoneme, dialects with t’–č distinction): IPA: /t͡ʃ/, /t͡ɕ/, [d͡ʒ], [d͡ʑ]
* (letter name): IPA: /t͡ʃə́/, /t͡ʃéː/, /t͡ʃèː/
* (letter name, linguistics): IPA: /tə̀rdi t͡ʃə́/, /tə̀rdi t͡ʃèː/, /tə̀rdi t͡ʃéː/ (trdi č)
* Rhymes: -ə, -eː

### Letter

Č (upper case, lower case č)
* The fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
* The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
* The fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

### Noun

Č m inan
* The name of the Latin script letter Č / č.

#### Inflection

* Overall more common
* More common when with a definite adjective

### See also

* (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž
* Ć

### References

Steenwijk, Han (1994) Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë (overall work in Italian and Slovene), Padua: CLEUP