U+00C7 "Ç" Latin Capital Letter C with Cedilla Unicode Character

U+00C7 "Ç" Latin Capital Letter C with Cedilla is a glyph used in several languages, most notably French, Portuguese, Catalan, and Turkish, to represent a specific "s" sound rather than the hard "k" sound of a standard C. The cedilla, a small hook-shaped mark placed beneath the letter, indicates this alteration in pronunciation, so in French words like "garçon" or "leçon" it signals a soft "s" sound. Originating from the medieval practice of adding a diacritic to modify letter sounds, this character appears in many loanwords and proper names, and it is distinct from other accented or modified Latin letters in the Unicode standard, ensuring consistent digital representation across different systems and fonts.