Č
| C with caron | |
|---|---|
| Č č | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin |
| Type | alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Czech, Jarai, Kabyle, Karelian, Lakota, Latvian, Lower Sorbian, Lushootseed, Osage, Rade, Romani, Serbo-Croatian, Skolt Sami, Slovak, Slovene, Upper Sorbian |
| Sound values | |
| Alphabetical position | 5th |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | early 15th century-present |
| Transliterations | |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left to right |
The grapheme Čč (Latin C with caron, also known as háček in Czech, mäkčeň in Slovak, kvačica in Serbo-Croatian, and strešica in Slovene) is used in various contexts, usually denoting the voiceless postalveolar affricate consonant [t͡ʃ] like the English ch in the word chocolate. It is represented in Unicode as U+010C (uppercase Č) and U+010D (lowercase č).