EDIT Usage
In pinyin romanizations of Mandarin Chinese, the sound represented by this glyph is spelled with x (U+0078).
In Polish orthography this sound is spelled with ś (U+015B).

 88.73.121.57  :  dan.mccloy 

EDIT In the IPA this symbol represents a voiceless (laminal) alveolo-palatal fricative.

 dan.mccloy 

EDIT International Phonetic Alphabet

+ Consonant
+ Sound example

+ Alternatives // unknown
+ Former versions // unknown
+ Origin // Latin alphabet, small letter
+ Visual characterisation // small letter c with curl

+ In the IPA since 1932
+ IPA number 182

+ This sound can be found in Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Swedish.


Synonyms

English
+ Official name in the IPA // ›voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative‹
+ Nonstandard // between /ç/ and /s/
+ Curly-tail c
+ c with back-curl


+ Source //
Principles of the International Phonetic Association, London, 1949. /
Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 1989. /
Wikipedia. Die Liste der IPA-Zeichen & History of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. /
Pullum, Geoffrey and William A. Ladusaw. Phonetic Symbol Guide. Second edition.

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