# č

| č | U+010D, &#269; LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CARON |
| Composition: | c [U+0063] + ◌̌ [U+030C] |
| ← Č [U+010C] | Latin Extended-A | Ď → [U+010E] |

## Translingual
### Symbol

č
* (NAPA) a voiceless postalveolar affricate (IPA [t͜ʃ ]).

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: [ˈt͡ʃ]

### Letter

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

## Kabyle
### Alternative forms

* tc

### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

č (upper case Č)
* The fourth letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) asekkil; A a, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ḍ ḍ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, H h, Ḥ ḥ, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ɣ ɣ, Q q, R r, Ṛ ṛ, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, Ṭ ṭ, U u, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Ẓ ẓ, Ɛ ɛ

## Karelian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

č (upper case Č)
* The third letter of the Karelian alphabet, called čee and written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v, Y y, Ä ä, Ö ö, ʼ

## Lakota
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃʰ/

### Letter

č (upper case Čh)
* 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 (lower case, upper 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 (upper 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⟩.

### 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

## Lushootseed
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

č
* The seventh letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.

## Osage
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͜ʃ/

### Letter

č (upper case Č)
* A letter of the Osage Latin alphabet. Osage script 𐓝.

## Romani
### Alternative forms

* Tš

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

č (lower case, upper 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
### Alternative forms

* Č (uppercase)

### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

č (Cyrillic spelling ч)
* The 4th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by c and followed by ć.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) slȍvo; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, Dž dž, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Lj lj, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž

## Skolt Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /t͡ʃ/

### Letter

č (upper 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 (upper 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

* ɥ (Metelko alphabet, Danjko alphabet)
* zh (Bohorič alphabet)

### Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabet ć, from Czech alphabet č, from Latin c, a modification of uppercase letter 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 (lower case, upper 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.

### Symbol

č
* (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [t͡ʃ].

### Noun

č m inan
* The name of the Latin script letter Č / č.
* (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /t͡ʃ/.

#### 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
* č
* ċ

### References

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

## Upper Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃ/

### Letter

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

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, Dź dź, 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, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž